◆ Pacific League Softbank Hawks 7-6 Nippon-Ham (24th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

Softbank Hawks extended their winning streak against Nippon-Ham to eight games, achieving their first three-game sweep against the same opponent since the opening series.

The game was held as "OH SADAHARU LEGACY DAY," with all The Hawks players wearing the number 89. Attendees were also given uniforms with the same design, making the entire stadium enveloped in the number "89."

The game started with starter Yu Maeda giving up bases loaded home runs in the first inning and runs 4 homers, but they scored 4 runs in the second inning to tie the game. After that, both teams traded two runs each, and in the eighth inning with one out and runners on first and third, Yanagida hit a left-field sacrifice fly to seal the game.

A ceremony was held on ground before the game, attended by Seiichi Uchikawa, manager Hiroki Kokubo, Dennis Sarfate, Kimiyasu Kudo, CBO Kenji Johjima, Chairman Sadaharu Oh, Toshihito Iguchi, Koji Akiyama, Tsuyoshi Wada, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Tadashi Settsu, and Yuki Yanagita.

The legends who spoke to reporters all agreed that a fierce determination to win is at the core of "Oh-ism," with comments such as, "He always said, 'In professional baseball, you have to win,'" (Kudo), and "The importance of every single pitch, the obsession with win, the passion. We still carry on that today" (Iguchi). Many other aspects, such as "a heart that cares for the fans," have also been passed down to Softbank Hawks. Among them is Manager Oh, whom Akiyama and Manager Kokubo describe as "the most competitive person in the world." The victory, achieved by overcoming a four-run deficit, was a fitting day to carry on The Hawks' journey and traditions.