◆ Pacific League: Nippon-Ham vs. Softbank Hawks (12th, Escon Stadium)

Softbank Hawks pitcher Kazuki Sugiyama fractured his left hand after punching the dugout in frustration with his poor pitch following the game against Nippon-Ham on the 11th (at Escon Softbank Hawks) fractured both hands after punching the dugout after being knocked out of a game against Lotte (at Fukuoka Dome, now Mizuho PayPay Dome) after giving up seven runs in the second inning, with comments such as "Is this the second Bulgaria incident in 22 years?"

At the time, regular catcher Kenji Jojima tried to stop Suguchi's actions from the dugout by shouting, "Stop using your dominant hand!" but for some reason, this got misinterpreted as "Stop using your dominant hand, Bulgaria!" One theory is that "Don't hit him" sounded like "Bulgaria."