◇ Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs Orix Buffaloes Game 10 (14th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

​Orix Buffaloes Alen Kuri pitcher pitched six innings with two runs.

In the bottom of the 1st, pitcher Kuri gave up the lead with Ryosuke Tatsumi 's solo home run of the 7th, but in the bottom of the second, despite carrying runner in scoring position, he escaped with no runs. After retiring all three in order in the bottom of the third, he reached base in Walk in the bottom of the 4th but did not allow any additional runs. Trailing by one run in the bottom of the fifth, Rui Muneyama hit his first solo home run to runs, but retired all three batters including two struck out in the bottom of the sixth, and retired the mound with 109 pitches in six innings, 3 hit 3 Walk 5 strike out 2 runs.

Although they lacked support from the batting lineup and couldn't secure win pitcher rights, Kuri pitcher achieved QS in three consecutive games in this match.

◇ Kuri pitcher Comments
"Giving up the first run is one thing, and I need to reflect on allowing (the 5th) additional run. I wanted to pitch in a way that could go all the way with at least runs."