Pacific League: Orix Buffaloes vs. Rakuten Eagles (25th, Kyocera Dome)

Rakuten Eagles 's second-round draft pick, pitcher Tatsuki Ito from Waseda University, made his professional debut as a starter against Orix Buffaloes, and was taken out of the game after 5 innings, having given up 4 hit 4 Walk, and 1 runs.

In the first inning, he gave up back-to-back triples to the first two hitters and allowed the opening run. Nevertheless, he held firm after that despite allowing runners. He handled the hitters by mixing a variety of pitches, such as cutters and change-ups, with a fastball that reached a top speed 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 with one out. Muneyama 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 to left field. Tatsuki Ito left the game with the chance to earn his first professional win.