◆パ・リーグ　日本ハム―ソフトバンク（１８日・エスコンフィールド）

Nippon-Ham pitcher Hiromi Ito was pulled from the game after giving up 7 hit 5 runs (4 earned) in 3 innings. This marks his eighth consecutive start without a win. The team has also been struggling, failing to secure a win on a Tuesday since July, and is unable to build momentum at the start of the week.

In the second inning, after consecutive hits and Walk loaded the bases with one bases loaded, Umino hit sacrifice fly to center field, giving up the first run.

In the third inning, immediately after Reyes' home run tied the game, consecutive hits by Masaki and Shuto put doble on first and second with no outs, before Kondo hit a two-run double to right-center field. After one out, Yanagida hit a timely doble the right-field line, and with the help of a fielding error, Kawase hit sacrifice fly with one out and runners on first and third, giving up the fourth run of the inning.

Ito threw 65 pitches by the third inning, strike out. He took mound hoping for his first win since June 19th, but it was a disappointing result.