◆ Pacific League: Seibu Lions 1-7 Nippon-Ham (13th, Belluna Dome)

Nippon-Ham achieved a win over the Seibu Lions, narrowing the gap with second place to 1.5 games. The 10-game gap with the league-leading Softbank Hawks remained unchanged.

The lineup took an early lead in the first inning with Narama's 5th solo home run of the season. In the second inning, with runners on second and third and one out, Shindo executed a two-run squeeze to add more runs. In the fourth, Mizutani hit an RBI single to right field, and in the sixth, Kotaro Kiyomiya hit his career-high 19th solo home run, followed by RBI hits from Mizuno and Isobata to score three runs at once and seal the game.

Starter Arihara allowed Nevin's 20th solo home run in the fourth inning but showed a stable pitch, finishing with 90 pitches over six innings, allowing 7 hits and 1 runs to earn his 7th win. After that, Yi-Lei Sun, Miyanishi, and others took over to close out the game.