◆Pacific League: Seibu Lions 3-3 Nippon-Ham (12th, Belluna Dome, 12 extra innings)

Nippon-Ham drew with the Seibu Lions. They are now 10 games behind the league-leading Softbank Hawks. The gap between them and the second-place Seibu Lions remains at 2.5 games, and with a record of 10 wins, 12 losses, and 1 draw against the Seibu Lions, they can no longer achieve a winning record against them for the season.

After the game, Manager Shinjo mentioned Reyes's leg condition. In the ninth inning, the main slugger Reyes hit a doble to left-center and reached second base at full sprint. When a pinch runner was sent in, he limped back to the dugout. Regarding Reyes, Shinjo said, 'It doesn't look very good, does it? Looking at the way he was running. I wonder how he is. We need him to go tomorrow.'

Reyes hit his 31st solo home run in his first at-bat of the day to take the lead, and expressed his passion, saying, 'I told Hiromi (Ito) before the game that I would focus and work harder than usual today. I've matched last year's total, and I'm glad I got results from my first at-bat.' After the game, he boarded the team bus with his teammates.