◆ Pacific League: Rakuten Eagles 1-3 Seibu Lions (11 extra inning) (23rd, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Rakuten Eagles suffered a come-from-behind loss to Seibu Lions, extending their losing streak to four games. Their deficit has now reached a season-worst 24 games.

Starting Koja pitched well through the fourth inning, giving up runner but pitching runs no games. However, with a one-run lead, two outs and a runner on second in the fifth inning, he tied the game with three consecutive Walk. He left the mound after five hit, four Walk, and one runs in the fifth inning. He was unable to secure a win for the first time in about three months. When asked about the left-handed pitcher he started, Manager Yoshii replied sternly, "I don't want to talk about it."

The batting lineup, eager to support Kosha, took the lead in the second inning with McCusker's 19th home run to right-center field. However, they then struggled against Sou Sato had been brought in as a last-minute starter, and were unable to score any more runs. Manager Yoshii struggled to find the words to say, "He was a last-minute starting pitcher, and I'm not sure if there was any preparation for him, but I feel bad that we couldn't come up with a strategy that would allow the players to perform to their full potential."

The game went into extra inning innings, and in the 11th extra inning, Nishigaki gave up a two-run homer to Kojima. The opposing team then held on for the win. The manager commented on Nishigaki's home run, saying, "I think it was as you saw."