Pacific League: Nippon-Ham 5, Lotte 4 (30th, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham swept their three-game series against Lotte with three consecutive comeback wins. With four straight victories, they moved to a season-high 14 games over .500. In the seventh inning with the score tied and a runner on second with one out, Mizutani hit the game-winning RBI single to center.

Starting pitcher Arihara struggled from the first inning. With two outs and runners on second and third following a hit and an error by Kiyomiya, Terachi dropped a bloop hit into center field despite being jammed, giving up two early runs.

After that, he survived the bases loaded with one out in the third inning and no runs, showing runner but showing pitch tenacity. However, in the fifth inning, with two outs and a runner on third, Yasuda gave up his sixth two-run homer over the left flank, extending the lead.

Nevertheless, the hot-hitting lineup got a run back on an infield groundout in the first inning and then launched a home run attack in the fifth. After Shindo, the leadoff hitter of the inning, hit his 4th solo home run over the left field fence, Kotaro Kiyomiya—who had committed an error in the first—hit a game-tying 16th two-run home run over the left field fence with one out and a runner on first, bringing the game back to square one.

The pitcher staff, who took over in the sixth inning, saw Fukushima hold the opponent runs through the sixth and seventh innings, while Hori and Yanagawa, both pitching for the third consecutive day, closer the runs, securing the one-run lead.