◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Lotte (19th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Rakuten Eagles defeated Lotte in two consecutive games, securing their second consecutive series win.

In the second inning, Horiuchi hit a two-run homer to the right field foul pole to take the lead. In the third inning, Yasuda hit an RBI single.

Kishi, who had a 3-run lead after three innings, received strong support from pitch—who had a runner from the first inning onward—as he pitched 98 pitches over six innings, allowing 7 hit, 5 strike out, and no runs to earn his fourth win.With this victory, he reached 174 career wins, surpassing Masumi Kuwata (The Giants) and Atsushi Aramaki (Hankyu), who were tied at 173, to move into sole possession of 39th place on the all-time list.