◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks 14-1 Nippon-Ham (8th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

Nippon-Ham catcher Yuya Shindo made his professional pitching debut. 'It is the first time in my baseball life (to be a pitcher),' he said as he took the mound with two outs and a runner on third in the eighth inning during a 1-14 blowout. He retired Yanagimachi on a second-base grounder in just two pitches with a 143 km/h fastball.

In the 8th inning with the score at 1-4, Kanemura took the mound as the fourth pitcher but struggled, giving up 7 hits and 10 runs over 2/3 of an inning, including a running grand slam to Shuto and a 36th two-run Home Run to Kurihara, leading to catcher Shindo making an emergency relief appearance.

He was preparing as a fielder behind the bench when the pitcher coach suddenly informed him of his deployment as a pitcher. He said, 'I thought it might be a mistake, so I asked back several times. I hadn't even done a catch, so I just decided to enjoy throwing.' It was a hectic emergency appearance on the mound, as he even had to peel off the stickers on his nails used for being a catcher.