On October 20th, the "23rd Miyazaki Phoenix League" game between Oisix Niigata and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was held at Ivy Stadium, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham won 7-4.

In the top of the 1st inning, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham had runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out following a hit by Ruan Ohtsuka and a Walk, and took a 2-point lead with a timely hit by Kaito Fujimori. They added another run during an infield grounder with the bases loaded after two more Walks. In the top of the 7th inning, they scored two more runs when an error occurred on a timely hit by Hinode Hoshino.

Starting pitcher Suguru Fukuda retired the side in order for the first two innings. From the 3rd inning onwards, he faced runners in scoring position every inning, but he kept them from scoring with pitches that tightened up in key moments, leaving the mound after 5 innings, 76 pitches, 3 hits, 2 Walks/Hit by Pitches, 4 strike outs, and 0 runs.

The second pitcher, Yamato Kato, pitched a scoreless bottom of the 6th, but in the bottom of the 7th, he loaded the bases with two outs after three Walks and gave up 1 run on a bases-loaded Walk. Still with two outs and the bases loaded, the lead was cut to one run by a timely hit from Keita Sonobe. However, in the top of the 9th inning, Hiroki Tsuneya hit a 2-run home run, and in the bottom of the 9th with a 3-point lead, Jay Ohkawa closed the game with no runs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
F 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7
O 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4

F Suguru Fukuda-Yamato Kato-Jay Ohkawa
O Reo Hosoya-Aiki Ishiyama-Kenta Anjo-Tomoki Uemura