On August 20, the 20th round between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Fukuoka Softbank held in ES CON FIELD ended in a 5-5 draw.

Starter Fukuya Yamazaki pitcher closer the first round of the hitter perfectly, and in the bottom of the third, the lineup created a chance with a series of hits with one out and runners on first and third. Reyes and Yuki Nomura hit timely hits to give the team a three-run lead. Fukuya pitcher Yamazaki gave up Tomoya Masaki 's 21st solo home run in the top of the 4th inning, but pitched 102 pitches in 6 innings, throwing 3 hit 2 Walk 5 strike out 1 runs with 1 .

In the bottom of the seventh, Kotaro Kiyomiya and Yuki Nomura each hit a solo Home Run, making the game 5-1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham. However, in the top of the eighth, third pitcher Ren Fukushima pitcher gave up bases loaded home runs from Ryoya Kurihara, bringing the game back to square one. After that, both teams' relief pitchers pitched well, and the game went into extra inning.

In the top of the 10th, Kenta Uehara pitcher, and in the 2nd inning of the 11th, Lao pitcher pitched tenaciously, but the game ended scoreless and ended 5-5. The fierce battle lasting over four and a half hours ended in a draw. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham saw Kiyomiya hit three hit including his 13th solo homer, and Nomura hit two hit two RBI.

Fukuoka Softbank started Yugo Maeda pitcher pitching 98 pitches in 5 innings, 7 hit 1 Walk 5 strike out 3 runs. From a 4-run lead, Kurihara hit a bases loaded home run to tie the game, but it did not lead to a winning score.

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Yugo Maeda-Gota Suzuki-Hikaru Kimura Yuki Matsumoto Yuki Tsumori- Tsumori Yuki -Yusuke Ito- Kobayashi Juto -Kazuki Sugiyama
Japan: Yamazaki Fukuya -Yi-Lei Sun-Ren Fukushima-Mizuki Hori-Taisei Yanagawa Kenta Uehara- Rao

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa