◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles 2-4 Softbank Hawks (31st, Rakuten Eagles Mobile)

Softbank Hawks 's Yuki Yanagita played as the cleanup hitter and designated hit in all four games and contributing to four straight come-from-behind victories. In the third inning, with two outs and runners on first and second, trailing by one run, he hit a game-tying single to right field, his second consecutive hit. He secured a hit victory against Kenta Maeda a matchup between players born in 1988, the first time they've faced each other in 13 years.

In the 2nd inning, with no outs bases loaded, he failed to return runner to third base Isami Nomura and was out. After the game, he said, "I couldn't get line drive back, so I went to bat (in the third inning) with the hope of somehow getting him back. I was not able to get back in the third inning, so I went up to bat with the intention of trying to get back in the game. Manager Kokubo expressed his confidence in Maeda, saying, "I'll ask him to do his best when he's available for starting line-up.