◆パ・リーグ　オリックス４―１２日本ハム（１５日・京セラドーム大阪）

Orix Buffaloes suffered a crushing defeat, dropping their winning percentage back to 50% in just one day. They failed to secure a second consecutive win against third-place Nippon-Ham, who are in a playoff spot, widening the gap to six games again. pitcher staff couldn't hold on, giving up 11 runs.

Starter Teranishi gave up the lead sacrifice fly to Sachi Kiyomiya in the fifth inning with one out and runners on second and third. With two outs and a runner on second, Mizuno hit a timely doble down the left field line, and after this inning, he was taken out, marking his third loss (four wins). In the sixth inning, second pitcher Kawase had three runs. In the eighth inning, Yamaoka stepped over inning and gave up four runs, and Gonda, who came after, also suffered two runs.

The batting lineup was held scoreless through five innings against Nippon-Ham 's starting pitcher, Takashi Kato. In the sixth inning, trailing by five runs, they managed to score two runs with sacrifice fly doble fly by Mune and an RBI double to left field by Ota, but they lost all four games this season, handing over Kato's 11th win, which puts him at the top of the league. They scored two more runs in the eighth inning, but their comeback ended there. The series win will have to wait until the third game on the 16th.