◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Seibu Lions (22nd, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Seibu Lions starting pitcher, Chihiro Sumida threw 111 pitches over 8 innings, strike out 9, allowing only 3 hit or Hit by Pitch, and no runs, earning his 8th win of the season. The team secured their fourth consecutive series win.

In the first inning, he scored two consecutive swing struck out from the leadoff batter and retired all three batters in order. In the second inning, with two outs and a runner on first, he struck Yoshino to a swinging struck out. In the third inning, with one out and a runner on first, he drew out runner Kobukada on first with a pickout and successfully hit him at second base. In the end, the game ended with three batters.

He retired all three batters in order in the fourth inning. In the fifth inning, he gave up a doble to leadoff but induced two consecutive swinging struck out from the next batter, then grounded out to shortstop and finished with no runs.

He retired the side in order from the 6th to the 8th inning, maintaining his precise control and pitch without no walk runs until the very end.

With the score still tied at 0-0 in the bottom of the 8th inning, with two outs and runners on first and second base, catcher Yuto Koga batting fifth and playing as the designated hitter, hit a two-doble down the right field line, giving his team the lead.