◆ Pacific League: Orix Buffaloes vs. Nippon-Ham (16th, Kyocera Dome)

Nippon Nippon-Ham pitcher Kohei Arihara gave runs his first run of the second half of the season.

He pitched well through four innings, allowing only one hit and no runs. However, in the fifth inning, with one out and no runner on base, he gave up a solo home run to Kita, his sixth of the season, ending his scoreless runs at 25 innings. He then faced a dangerous situation with two outs and runners on first and second base, and allowed a timely single to right field to So.

Arihara shutout game consecutive games against Lotte (ESCON) on the 2nd and Rakuten Eagles games on the 9th (ESCON). He runs for the first time in 26 inning since runs the third inning of the Orix Buffaloes game on July 20 (Kyocera D).

The game is in its fifth inning, with Nippon-Ham leading 6-2.