Open game Nippon-Ham and Lotte (8th, Escond)

In the second inning, when Nippon-Ham was trailing by one point, they used a bunt attack to score three points in one go and successfully turned the game around.

When Gunji and Nomura hit consecutive hits to first and third base with no outs, Coach Shinjo's instructions flew from the bench one after another. Mizuno followed squeeze. When I rolled it to first base, pitcher Nishino catch, but first base cover was not in time and it was all safe. He caught up with the score and still made it to first and second base with no outs.

The following bunt by Narama was all safe again as pitcher and third base looked like they were going to meet each other. With no outs bases loaded, the next Yu Shimizu was signed for squeeze, but he swung at a ball that was off the outer corner low and third base runner was sandwiched between the two bases.

However, Shimizu Yu hit a timely single to center field to redeem himself, adding one run to take the lead and putting runners on first and third with one out. Ichibata then executed a perfect safety squeeze play to first base, keeping the runners safe again.

Although the next batter was out, they scored three runs in this inning. Although they didn't have any long hits, they did a lot of damage to the opponent with three bunt hit.