On September 16, in the 22nd round between Orix Buffaloes and Fukuoka Softbank held in Kyocera Dome Osaka, Fukuoka Softbank win 4-0.

Fukuoka Softbank 's starting pitcher is Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher, who dominates this season with a ERA 1.38 ERA in Kyocera Dome Osaka. He allowed hit every inning from the first inning, but with a variety of breaking ball, he failed to give the Orix Buffaloes lineup the lead. In the bottom of the fourth, he faced a bases loaded crisis with two outs but got Yusuke Mugitani out on a grounder to infield and pulled through. In the fifth inning, with two outs and a runner on second, he let Ryo Ota player go and closer struck out.
　
The lineup hit runner before Alen Kuri pitcher every inning, but couldn't get a single home run behind. In the third and fourth innings, they created two consecutive inning chances with runners on first and second and no outs, but couldn't score. pitcher Uwasawa again got runners on first and third with two outs in the bottom of the sixth, but closer Mugitani with a fastball struck out and pitched 112 pitches in six innings, pitching 7 hit 3 Walk 3 struck out no runs to get out of the mound.

The relievers continued to fight hard, and both teams combined for 23 runners and missed a decisive hit, leaving the score 0-0 in extra inning. In the top of the 10th, with Walk consecutive runs and no outs with runners on first and second, Ryoya Kurihara hit a timely hit to finally break the tie. Tatsuru Yanagimachi then hit a timely doble, and Yudai Yamamoto and Akira Kawase hit consecutive sacrifice fly, scoring four runs in one go.

In the bottom of the 10th, rookie Gota Suzuki pitcher closed the game, and Fukuoka Softbank extended their winning streak to 8 games, setting the championship magic at 2. In the batting lineup, Kurihara and Yanagimachi both recorded 2 hit 1 RBI. The losing Orix Buffaloes was starter pitcher Kuri, who threw 98 pitches over 6 innings, 5 hit, 1 Walk, 6 strike out no runs. The batting lineup had Ryoto Kita players and Kotaro Kobayashi players who hit 3 hit, but lacked connection.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

H Naoyuki Uwasawa-Osuna-Yuki Matsumoto-○Hernandez-Gota Suzuki
B Alen Kuri-Ren Mukunoki-Soichiro Yamazaki-Machado-●Sho Iwasaki-Hiroshi

Text by Seiichi Nakagawa