◆ Pacific League: Lotte 3-4 Rakuten Eagles (23rd, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Lotte failed to hold on and suffered a come-from-behind loss to Rakuten Eagles. This was their first defeat against Rakuten Eagles in six games since manager Yoshii, who was in charge until last season, took over.

In the top of the fifth inning, with the score tied at 1–1, starting pitcher Mouri—a second-round draft pick and left-hander from Meiji University—allowed three consecutive hits, putting runners on base with no outs bases loaded. At this point, Manager Saburo brought in Yagi as the second pitcher.Yagi got Tatsumi to swing and miss struck out and induced a groundout to shortstop from McCusker double play, escaping the inning with no outs runs.

Then, in the fifth inning, Fujiwara hit a go-ahead doble, and Yamaguchi followed with an RBI single, giving the team a two-run lead. Yagi earned the right to be win pitcher.

If they had managed to hold on, Yagi would have earned his ninth win without a loss, but the fourth pitcher, Nakamori, ran into trouble. He came in to pitch in the seventh inning with a two-run lead, but Nakajima's single to right field put him in a two-out, bases-bases loaded hit. At this point, Murabayashi hit a two-run single to left field to tie the game, and the game was back to square one.

In the 8th inning, with the score tied 3-3, fifth pitcher Suzuki took the mound. With two outs, Nakajima hit triple to right field. The next batter, Taira, hit a timely single to left field, giving the opposing team the lead, and Suzuki suffered his first loss of the season in his 33rd game.