| Top of the 1st - Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : LHP Munemori Nakai |
| Pitching: LHP Munemori Nakai | |
| Batting: RHB Shiba Yoshii | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D) (infield hit) |
| Batting: LHB Iemochi Takahashi | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Kazutoshi Samurakami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 5L) Shiba Yoshii to third |
| Batting: RHB Hideo Sato | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD) Shiba Yoshii scores Kazutoshi Samurakami to third |
| Batting: RHB Kazuyuki Suzuki | 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS) Kazutoshi Samurakami scores Hideo Sato to second |
| Batting: LHB Norinaga Kondo | 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 78M) Hideo Sato to third Kazuyuki Suzuki to second |
| Batting: RHB Teika Nakashima | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls Hideo Sato scores Kazuyuki Suzuki to third Norinaga Kondo to second |
| Batting: LHB Keisuke Maeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls Kazuyuki Suzuki scores Norinaga Kondo to third Teika Nakashima to second |
| Batting: RHB Munemori Saito | 0-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L) Norinaga Kondo scores Teika Nakashima scores Keisuke Maeda to third |
| Pitching: RHP Toichi Kiyomizu | |
| Batting: RHB Shiba Yoshii | 0-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD) Keisuke Maeda scores Munemori Saito scores |
| Batting: LHB Iemochi Takahashi | 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 7LS) Shiba Yoshii to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw or cutoff |
| Batting: RHB Kazutoshi Samurakami | 0-0: Called Strike Iemochi Takahashi steals 2nd base 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Hideo Sato | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LD) |
| Top of the 1st over - 9 run(s), 8 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 9 - Hanshin 0 |
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| Bottom of the 1st - Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : LHP Suketsune Takahashi |
| Pitching: LHP Suketsune Takahashi | |
| Batting: RHB Motoyuki Yoshioka | 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S) |
| Batting: LHB Hirotsugu Kaneko | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls |
| Batting: RHB Tatsui Ikeda | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls Hirotsugu Kaneko to second |
| Batting: RHB Ryozo Daikawa | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD) Hirotsugu Kaneko to third Tatsui Ikeda to second Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw made home |
| Batting: RHB Juro Mizutani | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 5D) Tatsui Ikeda to third Ryozo Daikawa to second Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw or cutoff |
| Batting: RHB Toshikazu Nakagawa | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Swinging Strike 3-2: Base on Balls Ryozo Daikawa to third Juro Mizutani to second |
| Batting: RHB Manabu Sato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw |
| Batting: RHB Mutsuhito Takeda | 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS) |
| Bottom of the 1st over - 3 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 9 - Hanshin 3 |
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| Top of the 2nd - Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : RHP Toichi Kiyomizu |
| Batting: RHB Kazuyuki Suzuki | 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 25) (infield hit) |
| Batting: LHB Norinaga Kondo | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls Kazuyuki Suzuki to second |
| Batting: RHB Teika Nakashima | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS) Kazuyuki Suzuki to third Norinaga Kondo to second |
| Batting: LHB Keisuke Maeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB Munemori Saito | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S) Kazuyuki Suzuki scores Norinaga Kondo to third Teika Nakashima to second |
| Batting: RHB Shiba Yoshii | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 5D) Norinaga Kondo scores Teika Nakashima scores |
| Pitching: LHP Okitsugu Hara | |
| Batting: LHB Iemochi Takahashi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 5) Shiba Yoshii scores |
| Batting: RHB Kazutoshi Samurakami | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M) |
| Top of the 2nd over - 4 run(s), 4 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 13 - Hanshin 3 |
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| Bottom of the 2nd - Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : LHP Suketsune Takahashi |
| Batting: RHB Kuniaki Yamada | 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD), Distance : 361 ft |
| Batting: RHB Motoyuki Yoshioka | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Hirotsugu Kaneko | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM) |
| Batting: RHB Tatsui Ikeda | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 13 - Hanshin 4 |
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| Top of the 3rd - Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : LHP Okitsugu Hara |
| Batting: RHB Hideo Sato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13) |
| Batting: RHB Kazuyuki Suzuki | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M) |
| Batting: LHB Norinaga Kondo | 0-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89D) Kazuyuki Suzuki to third |
| Batting: RHB Teika Nakashima | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-1: Swinging Strike 3-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Keisuke Maeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Top of the 3rd over - 0 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 13 - Hanshin 4 |
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| Bottom of the 3rd - Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : LHP Suketsune Takahashi |
| Batting: RHB Ryozo Daikawa | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD) |
| Batting: RHB Juro Mizutani | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls Ryozo Daikawa to second |
| Batting: RHB Toshikazu Nakagawa | Reached via error on receiving a throw, E6 Ryozo Daikawa to third Juro Mizutani to second |
| Batting: RHB Manabu Sato | 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D) Ryozo Daikawa scores Juro Mizutani to third Toshikazu Nakagawa to second |
| Batting: RHB Mutsuhito Takeda | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7D) Juro Mizutani scores Toshikazu Nakagawa scores Manabu Sato to third |
| Pitching: RHP Yushiro Shimizu | |
| Batting: RHB Kuniaki Yamada | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56) Manabu Sato scores Mutsuhito Takeda to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw or cutoff |
| Batting: RHB Motoyuki Yoshioka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S) Kuniaki Yamada to second |
| Batting: LHB Hirotsugu Kaneko | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM) Kuniaki Yamada scores |
| Batting: RHB Tatsui Ikeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike Hirotsugu Kaneko steals 3rd base 1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S) |
| Batting: RHB Ryozo Daikawa | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S) |
| Bottom of the 3rd over - 6 run(s), 5 hit(s), 1 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 13 - Hanshin 10 |
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| Top of the 4th - Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : LHP Okitsugu Hara |
| Batting: RHB Munemori Saito | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D) |
| Batting: RHB Shiba Yoshii | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Base on Balls Munemori Saito to second |
| Batting: LHB Iemochi Takahashi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Pitching: RHP Yoshikazu Momotani | |
| Batting: RHB Kazutoshi Samurakami | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD) Munemori Saito to third Shiba Yoshii to second Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw made home |
| Batting: RHB Hideo Sato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike Passed Ball! Shiba Yoshii to third Kazutoshi Samurakami to second 1-2: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 34S) |
| Batting: RHB Kazuyuki Suzuki | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD) |
| Top of the 4th over - 1 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 14 - Hanshin 10 |
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| Bottom of the 4th - Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Yushiro Shimizu |
| Batting: RHB Juro Mizutani | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS) - OUT at third base trying to stretch hit. |
| Batting: RHB Toshikazu Nakagawa | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6M) |
| Batting: RHB Manabu Sato | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Mutsuhito Takeda | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Bottom of the 4th over - 0 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 14 - Hanshin 10 |
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| Top of the 5th - Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : RHP Yoshikazu Momotani |
| Batting: LHB Norinaga Kondo | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM) |
| Batting: RHB Teika Nakashima | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: LHB Keisuke Maeda | 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D) |
| Top of the 5th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 14 - Hanshin 10 |
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| Bottom of the 5th - Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Yushiro Shimizu |
| Batting: RHB Kuniaki Yamada | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L) |
| Pitching: RHP Mitsuhide Kawayama | |
| Batting: RHB Motoyuki Yoshioka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD) Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw |
| Batting: LHB Hirotsugu Kaneko | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, throw made |
| Batting: RHB Tatsui Ikeda | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 14 - Hanshin 11 |
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| Top of the 6th - Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : RHP Yoshikazu Momotani |
| Batting: RHB Munemori Saito | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Shiba Yoshii | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Iemochi Takahashi | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 6th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 14 - Hanshin 11 |
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| Bottom of the 6th - Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Mitsuhide Kawayama |
| Batting: RHB Ryozo Daikawa | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D) |
| Batting: RHB Juro Mizutani | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls |
| Batting: RHB Toshikazu Nakagawa | 0-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4) |
| Bottom of the 6th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 14 - Hanshin 11 |
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| Top of the 7th - Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : RHP Yoshikazu Momotani |
| Pitching: LHP Ryu Agano | |
| Batting: RHB Kazutoshi Samurakami | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56) |
| Batting: RHB Hideo Sato | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM) Kazutoshi Samurakami to third |
| Batting: RHB Kazuyuki Suzuki | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw |
| Batting: LHB Norinaga Kondo | 0-0: Intentional Walk |
| Batting: RHB Teika Nakashima | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S) Hideo Sato to third Norinaga Kondo to second Hideo Sato scores Norinaga Kondo to third Teika Nakashima to second |
| Batting: LHB Keisuke Maeda | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD) Norinaga Kondo scores Teika Nakashima to third |
| Pitching: RHP Mito Kouki | |
| Batting: RHB Munemori Saito | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS) |
| Batting: RHB Shiba Yoshii | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4) |
| Top of the 7th over - 3 run(s), 3 hit(s), 1 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 17 - Hanshin 11 |
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| Bottom of the 7th - Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Mitsuhide Kawayama |
| Pitching: LHP Marihito Kono | |
| Now at C: Katsuyoshi Tenno | |
| Batting: RHB Manabu Sato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD), Distance : 441 ft |
| Batting: RHB Mutsuhito Takeda | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD) (infield hit) |
| Batting: RHB Kuniaki Yamada | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4) |
| Batting: RHB Motoyuki Yoshioka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4) |
| Batting: LHB Hirotsugu Kaneko | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run(s), 2 hit(s), 1 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 17 - Hanshin 12 |
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| Top of the 8th - Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : RHP Mito Kouki |
| Batting: LHB Iemochi Takahashi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Pitching: RHP Yoshihisa Yoshida | |
| Batting: RHB Kazutoshi Samurakami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD) |
| Batting: RHB Hideo Sato | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3) |
| Top of the 8th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 17 - Hanshin 12 |
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| Bottom of the 8th - Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : LHP Marihito Kono |
| Pitching: RHP Kenshin Nakamura | |
| Batting: RHB Tatsui Ikeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD) |
| Batting: RHB Ryozo Daikawa | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S) Tatsui Ikeda to second Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, no throw or cutoff |
| Batting: RHB Juro Mizutani | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Base on Balls Ryozo Daikawa to second |
| Batting: RHB Toshikazu Nakagawa | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS) Tatsui Ikeda scores Ryozo Daikawa to third Juro Mizutani to second |
| Batting: RHB Manabu Sato | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Mutsuhito Takeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls Ryozo Daikawa scores Juro Mizutani to third Toshikazu Nakagawa to second |
| Pitching: RHP Tabito Shini | |
| Batting: RHB Kuniaki Yamada | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls Juro Mizutani scores Toshikazu Nakagawa to third Mutsuhito Takeda to second |
| Pinch Hitting: LHB Mitsuhide Higuchi | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Hirotsugu Kaneko | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-1: Base on Balls Toshikazu Nakagawa scores Mutsuhito Takeda to third Kuniaki Yamada to second |
| Batting: RHB Tatsui Ikeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7M) |
| Bottom of the 8th over - 4 run(s), 3 hit(s), 0 error(s), 3 left on base; Yomiuri 17 - Hanshin 16 |
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| Top of the 9th - Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : RHP Yoshihisa Yoshida |
| Now in CF: Mitsuhide Higuchi | |
| Batting: RHB Katsuyoshi Tenno | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56) |
| Batting: LHB Norinaga Kondo | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M) |
| Pinch Hitting: LHB Teruo Sato | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M) Norinaga Kondo to second |
| Batting: LHB Keisuke Maeda | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 2R) |
| Top of the 9th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 17 - Hanshin 16 |
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| Bottom of the 9th - Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Tabito Shini |
| Now at 3B: Iwao Miyazaki | |
| Pinch Hitting: LHB Rikyu Imai | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Juro Mizutani | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 78XD), Distance : 446 ft |
| Pinch Hitting: LHB Yoshihito Murakami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD), Distance : 352 ft |
| Game Over ... Hanshin defeats Yomiuri, 18 to 17 |