◆ Pacific League Orix Buffaloes Nippon-Ham (15th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes Taisuke Yamaoka pitcher pitched as the fourth pitcher from the 7th inning but was pulled after 4 runs in 1 0/3 inning. In the first inning, Mizuno grounded out to second, Reyes swung struck out, and Nomura flew out to center, leaving no runs. However, in the 8th inning when the inning was over, Nippon-Ham was caught off the lineup.

After walking the leadoff batter, Shindo, he gave up a hit to Hosokawa to right Walk, putting runners on first and second base. He then mishandled Kamikawabata's sacrifice bunt bunt, loading the bases with no bases loaded, and then gave up a sweep doble to Arizono to left-center field.

At this point, manager Kishida decided to switch to the fifth pitcher, Gonda. However, with one out and runners on first and second base, Mizuno hit a three-run homer to center field. Yamaoka gave up four runs, and Gonda also runs two. They were pulled away from with a total of six runs in one inning.