On September 16, in the 21st round between Chiba Lotte Marines and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in Zozo Marine Stadium, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 4-0.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles took the lead with runners on first and second with one out, Walk consecutive bases from McCuscar and YG Yasuda, Itsuki Murabayashi squeeze, and Akira Shigenaga hit consecutive RBIs. Starting pitcher Kosei Shoji pitcher had moments when he carried runner in scoring position but closed the crucial moments and did not allow any runs.

Shoji pitcher had thrown 100 pitches at the end of the 7th inning, but continued in the 8th inning and retired the three ba closer tters in order with 12 pitches. He advanced to mound again in the top of the 9th inning, finishing the game with no runs and 4-0. He recorded his first professional complete game and first shutout game with 125 pitches, 6 hit, 6 walks, Hit by Pitch 7 strike out no runs in the 9th inning.

The losing Chiba Lotte Marines saw starting pitcher Kaito Mori pitcher throw 97 pitches in 6 innings, throwing 7 hit 3 Walk 2 strike out 4 runs for their sixth loss. The lineup finished scoreless with 6 hit scattered pitches.

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

E ○Kosei Shoji
M ●Kaito Mori-Koshiro Sakamoto-Hayate Miyazaki