◆ Pacific League Orix Buffaloes 7-13 Nippon-Ham (16th, Kyocera Dome)

Nippon-Ham 's pitching and hitting clicked, leading to their second consecutive win. They scored a season-high 13 runs, bringing their lead in the standings to a season-high of 13 games.

In the second inning, Castro hit his eighth home run of the season, a two-run shot over left field, to take the lead. In the fourth inning, they added three more Hit by Pitch with four hits, including an RBI single to right field by Narama and a two doble down the right field line by Mizuno, along with a hit by pitch.

In the fifth inning, Narama sacrifice fly, in the sixth inning Reyes hit his 25th home run of the season to right-center field, and in the seventh inning Shindo and Mizuno hit timely singles to extend the lead. In the eighth inning, pinch hitter Imagawa hit his first hit of the season, a two-run shot over left field, and the team scored double-digit runs for the second consecutive game.

Arihara, the starting pitcher, gave up his first runs of the second half in the fifth inning but pitched well with 4 hit 2 runs in the sixth inning. Although his streak of no-runs stopped at 25 inning, he earned his fifth win of the season with three consecutive wins.