◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham 4-3 Rakuten Eagles (25th, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham With the score tied 3–3 in the top of the 9th inning with one out and a runner on second, Narama hit a line drive over center field walk-off for an RBI single doble, scoring the winning run win. The team secured its third win of the season walk-off, extending its winning margin to 11 games. This was Narama’s second clutch hit of the season. Yanagawa earned his third win.

Manager Shinjo appeared at the press conference clapping his hands and thanked Narama, who had walk-off hits, saying, “Thank you, Narama. Thank you very much.”With the score 1–2 in the 7th inning and one out with a runner on third, he brought in Narama as a pinch hitter for Shindo, and Narama tied the game with a hit to center field sacrifice fly. “We had Yawara and Arizono ready as pinch hitters for that situation, and when Coach Yokoo and I were discussing, ‘Who do you think is most likely to make something happen?’, we both agreed it had to be Narama.So we decided, ‘Let’s go for it.’ Since the other team was wary of squeeze, walk, and I thought catcher would signal for a low ball, strike, I figured he’d hit it high in the zone. But he swung and missed at the first pitch—a low ball—so I thought, ‘Oh no.’ walk "Even though I had that in mind," he added. "And in the end, I guess I caught Ota-kun (catcher) off guard by not calling for a fastball. That’s how it turned out," he reflected.

Regarding Narama's second appearance of the season, the coach praised him, saying, "I think Narama has finally figured it out. It's surprisingly difficult for a batter when outfielder are that far forward. If you focus too much on just making contact and sending the ball over outfield, your swing will slow down and you'll often end up jammed, but he kept his left shoulder closed. I had promised Narama this year that he should focus on making contact with the sweet spot for the whole year, and he kept his promise and walk-off hit single. I'm sure Narama's dad is happy too."