◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks vs. Orix Buffaloes (22nd, Mizuho PayPay Stadium)

In the fourth inning with one out and runners on second and third base, Softbank Hawks 's Yu Yamamoto, making his return to the first team, hit a two-run single to right field, marking hit from every player in the starting lineup. By the fourth inning, both teams had recorded their highest hit of the season with 20 and 16 runs.

Kondo and Kurihara, batting third and fourth respectively, hit back-to-back Home Run in the second inning, and by the fourth inning, they had both recorded four RBI in four At Bat and four hit.

The team's highest records for runs scored were 29 in 2003, when it was still the Daiei Hawks, and hit 32, also in the same year.