On August 6, in the farm regular season match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Hayate Shizuoka held at The Fighters Kamagaya Stadium, the 7th game ended 5-4 for Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took the lead in the first inning with Castro's fourth solo homer. In the bottom of the second, with one out, Ruan Ohtsuka and Kaito Fujimori hit consecutive hits to reach first and third, and Uta Sakaguchi added two more runs with sacrifice fly and Minato Handa hit timely hits. Starting pitcher Junki Shibuya pitcher, carrying runner, closed key moments and left the mound with 61 pitches, 1 hit, 4 Walk, 3 strike out, and no runs in 3 innings.

In the top of the sixth, fourth pitcher Yamato Kato pitcher gave up two runs on a 1 hit 4 Walk but regained the favor in the bottom of the sixth with Shun Mizutani 's fifth two-run homer. Kotaro Seimiya pitcher came in in the top of the seventh inning, but despite two runs due to a defense error, he retired all three batters in the top of the eighth. In the top of the ninth, Ryusei Kawano pitcher closed the game, ending the game 5-4. They finished the three-game series against Hayate Shizuoka with a 2-1 record.

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H ● Yuki Nomura - Yuki Sato
Junki Shibuya-Taiki Kikuchi- Hiroto Taisho Tamai-Yamato Kato- ○ Kotaro Seimiya-Ryusei Kawano

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