Nobuyuki Ebisu pitched a four-hit shutout for his first complete-game win of the year and Tatsuya Shindo drove in both runs as the Orix BlueWave edged the Lotte Marines 2-0 in Kobe on Monday.
| Pacific League | |||||
| Won | Lost | Tied | Pct. | GB | |
| Orix | 26 | 17 | 3 | .605 | - |
| Daiei | 26 | 18 | 0 | .591 | 0.5 |
| Kintetsu | 23 | 23 | 1 | .500 | 4.5 |
| Seibu | 23 | 23 | 0 | .500 | 4.5 |
| Lotte | 21 | 23 | 2 | .477 | 5.5 |
| Nippon Ham | 14 | 29 | 2 | .326 | 12.0 |
Ebisu (3-2) allowed only two hits through eight innings.
Buffaloes 12, Lions 4
At the Osaka Dome, Naoyuki Omura hit a pair of home runs and drove in four runs and Koichi Isobe had four RBIs with a homer and a double as Kintetsu thundered past Seibu.
Scott McClain and Alex Cabrera homered for the Lions It was Cabrera's 24th home run of the year.