◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks vs. Nippon-Ham (5th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

Nippon-Ham But in the first inning, they allowed the opponent to come back after an error.In the top of the first inning, Gunji’s single to center field sacrifice fly gave them an early lead. However, in the bottom of the inning, starting pitcher Kitayama walked the leadoff batter Masaki Walk, and second baseman Yamagata fumbled Shuto’s grounder to second. His hurried toss to second base throw also went wide, creating a sudden no-out, runners on second and third jam.The next batter, Kondo, grounded out to second, tying the game, and then Kurihara hit a go-ahead RBI single to left field, followed by a run-scoring single to right field by Dai Makihara, resulting in three runs being scored in that inning. This was Yamagata’s first start at second base since the July 2 game Orix Buffaloes against the Escon.

The team had a 2-13 record against Softbank Hawks before the game. They had already been guaranteed to lose the series this season, and manager Shinjo had said after the game the previous day, the 4th, "I was paralyzed. I'm sure it will break tomorrow," but they continued to concede runs due to mistakes.