On October 12th, the third game of the "2026 Persol Climax Series Pa" first baseman stage between Saitama Seibu Lions and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was held at Belluna Dome, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham won two consecutive games with a score of 4 to 1. They decided their advancement to the "Persol CS Pa" Final Stage for the third consecutive year.
　
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham's starting pitcher, Hiromi Ito pitcher retired the side in order in the first inning, and in the bottom of the second inning immediately after receiving the opening run, he delivered a masterpiece of three consecutive struck out. He showed a great performance, not allowing a runner to step on second base until the fourth inning. In the bottom of the fifth inning, he lost one run from a one-out bases loaded situation, but he got through it with minimum runs and left the mound.

The lineup took the lead in the top of the second inning when Yuya Gunji player and Reyes player hit consecutive hits to make it one out with runners on first and second, followed by Yuki Nomura player's timely hit. In the top of the fourth inning, Chusei Mannami player's first solo home run flew out, and in the top of the fifth inning, Shu Yamagata player's doble and other plays created a no-out situation with runners on first and third, from which Taiki Narama player hit a sacrifice fly, scoring three runs by the end of the first half.

In the top of the seventh inning with a two-run lead, Nomura player's doble and a sacrifice bunt created a one-out, runner on third opportunity, and the score became 4 to 1 due to a wild pitch by the opposing pitcher. From the seventh inning, the fourth pitcher Yi-Lei Sun pitcher connected with a great performance of two innings, four strike out, and no runs, and Taisei Yanagawa pitcher closed the final bottom of the ninth inning with three hitter.

The win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, Ito pitcher made the game despite two accidents, throwing 68 pitches over 5 innings with 3 hit, 1 Walk, 5 strike out, and 1 runs. In the lineup, Nomura player had two hits including the opening hit for the second consecutive game. Mannami player hit his first home run of the series, and they earned the right to challenge the champions, Fukuoka Softbank, for the third consecutive year.

On the other hand, for the defeated Saitama Seibu Lions, pitcher Natsuki Takeuchi pitcher, who took the starting mound on five days' rest, threw 82 pitches over 5 innings with 6 hit, no Walk or Hit by Pitch, 5 strike out, and 3 runs. The lineup also could not provide support with only 5 scattered hit and 1 run, failing to make their first Final Stage appearance since 2019.

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

F ○Hiromi Ito-Hiroya Shimamoto-Taisho Tamai-Yi-Lei Sun-S Taisei Yanagawa
L ●Natsuki Takeuchi-Taishi Mameda-Hibiki Shinohara-Ryosuke Moriwaki-Hiroshi Kaino

Text by Aoi Yokoyama