On October 1, the 25th game between Chiba Lotte Marines and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was held at Zozo Marine Stadium, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham won 3-1.

In the first inning, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham put runner on base with two Walk and Hit by Pitch, and took the lead with a sacrifice fly by Chusei Mannami. In the top of the 5th inning, with two outs and a runner on third, they added two more runs with an RBI doble by Mannami and an RBI infield hit by Yuya Gunji. Starting pitcher Koki Kitayama held firm in key moments despite having runner on base, leaving the mound after 5 innings, 99 pitches, 5 hit, 1 Walk, 5 strike out, and 0 runs.

In the bottom of the 6th, Yi-Lei Sun pitcher pitched a scoreless inning, followed by Jay Ohkawa pitcher in the bottom of the 7th. In the bottom of the 8th, Mizuki Hori pitcher allowed one runs on a 34th solo home run by Koki Yamaguchi. In the bottom of the 9th, Taisei Yanagawa pitcher faced a bases loaded crisis but closed it out without allowing a run, ending the game 3-1.

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham that win finished the Persol Pacific League regular season with 78 wins, 62 losses, and 3 draws, a winning percentage of .557. Only if 2nd place Seibu Lions, trailing by 0.5 games, lose their remaining two games, will their season standings be 2nd place. Additionally, Kitayama pitcher marked his 13th win, tying for the league lead.

For the defeated Chiba Lotte Marines, starting pitcher Long threw 4 innings, 64 pitches, 1 hit, 6 Walk and Hit by Pitch, 2 strike out, and 1 runs. The second pitcher, Tokito Kawamura was 4.2 innings, 68 pitches, 5 hit, 1 Walk, 4 strike out, and 2 runs (earned runs 1). Misho Nishikawa, Yamaguchi, and Kyuto Ueda each recorded 2 hit.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
F 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

F ○Koki Kitayama-Yi-Lei Sun-Jay Ohkawa-Mizuki Hori-S Taisei Yanagawa
M ●Long-Tokito Kawamura-Hayate Miyazaki