Pacific League: Orix Buffaloes vs. Rakuten Eagles (27th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Sean Hjelle was knocked out after 73 pitches. In the first inning, he gave up an RBI hit to McCusker that put the opponent ahead. He allowed no runs in the second inning, but collapsed in the third.

A Walk to the lead-off Nakajima. The jam expanded to one out and bases loaded, and three runs were given up on Murabayashi's right-field hit and YG Yasuda's right-center doble. Furthermore, with two outs and runners on second and third, Ota hit a single to left, and Kurokawa also hit a doble down the left-field line. With the lead extended to six runs, Manager Mamoru Kishida decided on a substitution. The second pitcher, Gonda, also gave up two more runs on a Walk and Tatsumi's center-field hit.

After three innings, it was a 0-10 blowout. Far from missing out on his first win in two months, Jerry suffered a major collapse, giving up 8 runs, his worst since coming to Japan.