◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham vs. Lotte (30th, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham infielder Kotaro Kiyomiya hit his 16th two-run home run to tie the game. In the 5th inning with one out and a runner on first, trailing 2-4, he caught Haru Tanaka's 134 km/h outside change-up for a game-tying 16th two-run home run into the left-field bullpen. The ball traveled 113 meters and bounced near the middle of the bullpen. He commented, "I was solely focused on making up for my error in the first inning."

Once again, he made up for his own mistake with his bat. In the first inning, while playing first base defense, he failed to catch a ball hit right at him, and his league-worst 13th error led to two runs. In the Softbank Hawks game on the 19th (at Es Con Field), he committed an error and a base running mistake, but he hit a walk-off hit in the 10th extra inning. "Since Kiyomiya-kun had an error and a base running mistake, I thought he would come through for us," he was teased about his hits following errors, which have been seen frequently this season. Before last season's CS, the manager had even said, "He hits when he makes an error," and on this day as well, he made up for his mistake with his bat.