◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham Fighters vs. Softbank Hawks (7) = 10 extra inning = (19th, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham overcame a six-run deficit to secure their fifth walk-off victory of the season. (Although they temporarily overtook a six-run deficit, they suffered consecutive losses to Softbank Hawks, putting them 9.5 games behind the league leader, their largest deficit of the season.)

extra inning, with one out and a runner on third base, Kotaro Kiyomiya hit walk-off.

Starting pitcher Hosono, who had closer runs through the third inning, was caught in the fourth. With no outs and runners on first and third, Yamamoto hit a sacrifice fly to give up the lead, then with one out and runners on first and second, Hirose hit his first three-run homer over to left and delivered the lead, giving the team a four-run lead.

In the fifth inning, with one out and a runner on second base, Kurihara hit an RBI single to left field, and then Yanagida hit doble to left-center field, adding two more runs.

Trailing by six runs, the offense in the fifth inning got runners on first and third with one out thanks to consecutive hits from Castro and Isobata. At this point, pinch hitter Imagawa for Shindo hit his second home run of the season, a three-run shot to left field, narrowing the gap to three runs and completely changing the somber atmosphere in the stadium.

In the seventh inning, with one out and runners on first and second, Imagawa hit a single to center hit, loading the bases with one bases loaded. At this point, Mizuno hit a go-ahead bases loaded slam, his 11th of the season, to the front row of the right-field stands. This first-ever grand slam was also the 500th home run for Escon, a milestone that saw them overcome a six-run deficit with just two home runs.

However, in the 8th inning, with one out and runners on first and third base, Sun gave up sacrifice fly to right field to Shuto, tying the game. The game was back to square one.