◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions 1-3 Orix Buffaloes (20th, Belluna Dome)

Orix Buffaloes won a close game against Seibu Lions, ending their four-game losing streak. Starting pitcher Espinoza pitched a strong runs, allowing only four hit and one strike out eight innings. He earned his 11th win (4 losses), tying him with Nippon-Ham 's Kato for the most wins in the league. This was his fifth appearance against Seibu Lions this season, and his fourth win (0 losses) against Seibu, tying him with Dixon in 2016 as the most foreign player in the team's history. He is also the fourth foreign player in the team's history to reach 11 wins, the first being JP in 2005 (14 wins).

The batting lineup took the lead in the second inning with one out and a runner on third, as Nakagawa hit a single to left field sacrifice fly. In the third inning, with the score tied 1–1 and two outs and runners on first and second, Ota hit a go-ahead single down the right-field line doble.In the seventh inning, with two outs bases loaded, Ota drove in a run Walk. Leading by two runs in the ninth, Machado—who had been hit by a pitch on the 19th walk-off—got his revenge, cutting the team’s deficit to two games.