On September 15, the 22nd game between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Chiba Lotte Marines was held at ES CON FIELD, and Chiba Lotte Marines won the slugfest 7-6.

Chiba Lotte Marines starting pitcher Haruya Tanaka faced a bases loaded crisis with one out after three consecutive hits in the bottom of the 2nd inning, and conceded the first run on a sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the 3rd, he gave up 1 run on a timely hit by Reyes. He also gave up timely hits in the 5th and 6th innings, leaving the mound after 5.2 innings with 8 hits, 1 Walk, 8 strike outs, and 4 runs (3 earned runs).

Meanwhile, the lineup got one run back in the top of the 5th inning trailing by two on a timely hit by Misho Nishikawa, and then with the bases loaded and two outs, Naonori Yasuda hit a bases-sweep timely doble to succeed in a sudden turnaround at 4-2. In the top of the 6th inning, Koki Yamaguchi hit his 29th 2-run home run.

In the bottom of the 7th inning leading 6-4, the third pitcher Akira Yagi gave up 1 run. Although Shunsuke Nakamori allowed a game-tying home run in the bottom of the 8th, Yamaguchi hit his second consecutive home run of the game in the top of the 9th, succeeding in taking a 7-6 lead. Rikuto Yokoyama closed out the bottom of the 9th. Rikuto Yokoyama closed out the bottom of the 9th. Yamaguchi's game-winning home run was his 30th of the season, the first time a Japanese player for the club has reached that mark in 40 years since Hiromitsu Ochiai.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, who lost, saw Chusei Mannami, who was promoted today, hit his 21st solo home run to catch up late in the game, but they were narrowly defeated.

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

M Haruya Tanaka-Shota Suzuki-Akira Yagi-○Shunsuke Nakamori-S Rikuto Yokoyama
F Koki Kitayama-Kenta Uehara-Seigi Tanaka-Ren Fukushima-Mizuki Hori-●Taisei Yanagawa