◆パ・リーグ　ロッテ３―２日本ハム（２３日・ＺＯＺＯマリン）

With three straight wins, Lotte reduced their deficit to 4 and moved toward returning to .500. Kyota Fujiwara outfielder led with a 4-At Bat, 3 hit, 1 RBI, and 2 runs, including a leadoff hitter homer in the first inning. Pitching was Andre Jackson pitcher the starter, who managed 2-runs in the 6th inning, and from the 7th inning with a 3-2 lead, they held on with a relievering strategy.

The leadoff man fired the shot. The first inning was 0-0. Fujiwara swung through Arihara's second pitch, cutter, and the ball flew into the home run lagoon in right field. "I was able to stay focused and get into the first at-bat, and I'm glad we were able to take the lead." A smile appeared on his third leadoff home run this year, the fifth overall, since the game against Softbank Hawks on July 20 (ZOZO).

In the third inning, with one out, he created a scoring opportunity with a double to center doble. He then scored on a single to left field by Nishikawa.

Jackson held the opponent to just two runs over six innings, and Nakamori and Suzuki took over from the seventh inning. Yokoyama then closer the opponent runs in the ninth inning, earning his 30th save, the fastest Pacific League and the seventh in team history.