◆ Pacific League: Seibu Lions vs. Nippon-Ham (26th, Belluna Dome)

Nippon-Ham pitcher Hiromi Ito was removed from the active roster. This season, he started 22 games with 8 wins, 9 losses, and a 3.19 ERA. He had gone nine games without a win since his last victory against the Softbank Hawks (at Es Con Field) on June 19. In the game against the Seibu Lions (at Belluna Dome) on the 25th, he took his 9th loss after giving up 2 runs on 7 hits in 6 innings. With this being his fourth consecutive loss on a Tuesday at the start of the week, he said, "The team's standings (3rd place) are my responsibility. I think I'm done with Tuesdays, so I want to prepare for whenever the next timing to pitch comes."

The earliest he can be registered is for the Rakuten Eagles game on September 5th (Rakuten Mobile), and he will skip his start in the Softbank Hawks game next week on September 1st (Es Con).

Furthermore, Mizuno, who was out of the dugout for the same game on the previous day, the 25th, due to poor health, did not show up for pre-game practice on this day either and was left out of the dugout. Yamagata, a fellow infielder, was urgently promoted.