On July 25, in the 15th round between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in ES CON FIELD, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham won 4-3 with walk-off win.

In the first inning, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham hit the seventh solo home run to leadoff pitcher Tatsuki Mizuno, giving them the lead. However, starter Takayuki Kato pitcher tied the game in the top of the second inning with consecutive bases and singles with runners on first and third with no outs, and Hideto Asamura hit a sacrifice fly. In the top of the fourth, YG Yasuda gave up his third solo homer, giving up the go-ahead lead.

Still, with the score tied 1-2 in the bottom of the seventh, Ryohei Hosokawa leadoff pitcher hit a doble, creating a good opportunity with one out and a runner on third. Pinch hitter Taiki Narama sacrifice fly brought the game to the starting point. In the top of the eighth, third pitcher Yi-Lei Sun pitcher scored the go-ahead run, but in the bottom of the tie, Kotaro Kiyomiya hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-3.

In the bottom of the ninth, with Walk and sacrifice bunt with one out and runners on second, Narama finally hit a timely doble that sealed the game walk-off win the game. Starter Takashi Kato pitcher pitched 6 innings with 71 pitches, 4 hit no walks, Hit by Pitch 4 strike out 2 runs. Fifth pitcher Yanagawa pitcher earned his third win. For the batting lineup, Narama's second walk-off of the season marked his first hitter Home Run in the first inning, marking a fielder’s choice of the first inning.

On the other hand, the defeated Tohoku Rakuten Eagles had starter Kosei Shoji pitcher throw 105 pitches in 7 innings, 6 hit 2 Walk, 5 strike out 2 runs. The second pitcher, Marte pitcher, gave up a game-tying hit in his first appearance after joining. YG Yasuda The lineup was 2 hit 2 RBI including two go-ahead hits, and Itsuki Murabayashi recorded 2 hit.

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Kosei Shoji-Marte-● Katsutoshi Tai
Takayuki Kato-Seigi Tanaka-Yi-Lei Sun-Mizuki Hori- ○ Taisei Yanagawa

Written by Ao Yokoyama