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 by allowing 4 hit Walk 5 innings, runs.

Tatsuki Ito gave up consecutive triples to the first two hitters in the first inning, conceding 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 threw 85 pitches over 5 innings and earned the win. Regarding the rookie who secured his first professional win, Manager Yoshii praised him, saying, 'I think he was good. He was more powerful than the impression I had of him pitching in the farm team. I thought he was more of a breaking ball pitcher, but his fastball was also strong, and I thought he was a good pitcher.'

He had runners on base in every inning except the fifth, but he held on. The manager said jokingly, "The reason he held on? It might be the Waseda spirit. Please ask him yourself."

In the sixth inning, trailing by one run, the lineup created a scoring opportunity with one out and a runner on second after two Walks, and Muneyama hit a go-ahead two-run doble to right-center. Furthermore, with one out and runners on first and second, Murabayashi hit an RBI doble over the left fielder. After that, the relief pitchers provided a desperate pitch. They protected the lead and stopped the losing streak at four.