Pacific League: Orix Buffaloes 1-5 Rakuten Eagles (25th, Kyocera Dome)

Rakuten Eagles came from behind to defeat Orix Buffaloes. Draft pick #2, Tatsuki Ito pitcher Waseda University), made his first professional start and earned his first professional win.

Tatsuki Ito gave up back-to-back triples to the first two hitters in the first inning, surrendering the opening run. Nevertheless, he held firm after that despite allowing runners. He handled hitters by mixing a variety of pitches, such as cutters and change-ups, with a fastball that clocked in at a maximum of 152 km/h. He left the mound after throwing 85 pitches over 5 innings.

The offense, eager to provide support, created a scoring opportunity in the sixth inning, trailing by one Walk, with two walks putting doble on second base with one out. Soyama then hit a go-ahead two-run double to right-center field. With runners on first and second and one out, Murabayashi hit a timely doble over the left field fence.

After Tatsuki Ito left the mound, the relief pitchers delivered determined pitches. They held onto the lead and secured the win. The team snapped their four-game losing streak.