On October 27, at Medikit Stadium, the "23rd Miyazaki Phoenix League" match between the Hanshin Tigers and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles ended in a 5-6 walk-off loss for the Rakuten Eagles.

Rakuten Eagles starter Kazuto Tokuyama retired the side in order in the bottom of the 1st inning, and although he put runners in scoring position in the following two innings, he shut down key situations, finishing his outing with 3 innings, 52 pitches, 2 hits, 2 Hit by Pitch, 4 strike outs, and 0 runs.

The lineup took a 2-point lead in the top of the 2nd inning with three consecutive hits from Yuya Kishimoto, YG Yasuda, and Kei Mizukami. In the top of the 5th, Tsubasa Yoshino hit a solo home run, and in the top of the 6th, YG Yasuda hit a 2-run home run, extending the lead to 5 points. Tatsuki Koja, who took the mound in the 4th, pitched 2 hitless innings. However, in the bottom of the 6th, Uchi Seiryu gave up a solo home run, and in the bottom of the 8th, Takuma Makazawa gave up a 2-run home run.

In the bottom of the 9th with a 2-point lead, Shota Watanabe gave up a walk-off home run to Masahiro Tateishi that flew into the batter's eye with two outs and runners on 1st and 3rd, ending the game 5-6. Although the team recorded a total of 11 hits and 5 runs, including 3 hits and 3 RBI with a Home Run from YG Yasuda and 3 hits from Rui Muneyama, the relief pitchers could not hold on.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
E 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5
T 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X 6

E Kazuto Tokuyama-Tatsuki Koja-Uchi Seiryu-Ryu Kutani-Takuma Makazawa-Shota Watanabe
T Daiki Hayakawa-Kaito Shimomura-Yuya Ishiguro