◆ Pacific League Orix Buffaloes vs. Lotte (June 6th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes and Ryuhei Sotani pitcher were pulled after 6 hit 3 runs and 3 strike out in the 5th inning. In the first inning, Terachi got Terachi out with two outs at infield hit second, but got a swinging struck out off Sato and scored, runs. In the 2nd inning, with two outs, Inoue hit a solo home run over the left field fence, giving up the first run. In the 3rd inning, he closer with no runs.

In the fourth inning, after giving up consecutive hits to Terachi to center and Sato to right, putting runners on first and second, he conceded an RBI single to right to Fujiwara. He lost a second run after three consecutive hits. Although he faced another crisis with runners on first and second and two outs, he ultimately got Ikeda to swing and struck out.

In the fifth inning, after giving a Hit by Pitch to the leadoff hitter Yamasaki, he allowed a stolen base while Yamaguchi struck out swinging, creating a crisis with one out and a runner on second. The next batter, Nishikawa, hit a ball into shallow left field despite breaking his bat, resulting in the loss of a third run.

From the sixth inning, the second pitcher, Tajima, took the mound for a consecutive day. Soya's sixth win was put on hold.