On August 19, the 19th game between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Fukuoka Softbank in ES CON FIELD ended win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 8-7.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham started with Haruki Hosono pitcher. He held on without runs until the third inning, but in the top of the fourth, he gave up runner with hit and two Walk, and gave up four runs on Yudai Yamamoto's sacrifice fly and Ryuta Hirose's first three-run homer. In the top of the fifth, Ryoya Kurihara and Yuki Yanagita hit consecutive RBIs, giving up two runs and leaving the mound with one out, runners on first and third. Tsubasa Namatame pitcher who followed behind got through this double play.

In the bottom of the fifth, Castro and Ryota Isobata created a great opportunity with consecutive hits, and pinch hitter Yuma Imagawa hit his second three-run homer to narrow the gap to three runs. From the sixth inning, they connected two inning with Shoma Kanemura pitcher without runs, then in the bottom of the seventh, with two hit and Walk, they made it one out bases loaded, and Tatsuki Mizuno 's bases loaded homer of his 11th home run took the lead 7-6.

However, in the top of the eighth, Yi-Lei Sun pitcher took runner with Walk and hit, and Ukyo Shuto gave up one run on a sacrifice fly by , giving up Walk to the next pitcher before being taken out. Mizuki Hori pitcher escaped a jam with two outs and runners on first and second with a grounder to infield. In the top of the ninth, Taisei Yanagawa pitcher connected the game, making it 7-7 and heading into extra inning.

In the top of the 10th, Ren Fukushima pitcher retired all three batters. Then, in the bottom of the 10th, with hit fielder’s choice and sacrifice bunt by player Yua Tamiya, the team put the game at 1 out and runner on third, and Kotaro Kiyomiya hit a timely hit, ending the game 8-7. Starting pitcher pitcher Hosono was pulled after 4.1 innings, 9 hit, 2 Walk, 6 runs, but the relievers held firm and secured walk-off win. In the 11 hit 8 runs lineup, players Mizuki fielder’s choice, Saiyuki Kiyomiya, and Imagawa each recorded 2 hit.

The losing Fukuoka Softbank saw starting Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher throw 109 pitches in 6 innings, 6 hit 2 walks Hit by Pitch, 5 strike out 3 runs. Osuna pitcher gave up bases loaded home runs, and Hernandez pitcher was caught in the end. In the 12 hit 7 runs lineup, Yanagita hit 3 hit.

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Naoyuki Uwasawa- Osuna -Yuki Matsumoto-Yuki Tsumori- ● Hernandez
Haruki Hosono-Tsubasa Namatame-Shoma Kanemura-Yi-Lei Sun-Mizuki Hori Hori -Taisei Yanagawa- ○ Ren Fukushima