
残り試合数が10を切る中、首位と0.5ゲーム差の巨人が最下位広島に延長十一回サヨナラ負けを喫した。好機を活かせず、救援陣も崩れて痛恨の敗戦。2年ぶりのリーグ制覇に向け、負けられない状況が続く。
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巨人は残り試合数が10を切り、首位と0.5ゲーム差の状況で優勝争いをしている。広島はリーグ最下位である。
残り試合数が10を切り、首位とは0.5ゲーム差だった。巨人は勝負どころで、最下位広島に痛恨の延長サヨナラ負け。阪神の優勝マジックを消すチャンスもあったが、みすみす減らしてしまった。
1点を追う七回に先頭からの3連打で追い付いたものの、なお無死一、二塁と勝ち越しの好機を生かせない。八回も2死二、三塁で4番ダルベックが空振り三振。九回以降は走者を出せなかった。
前回登板で2回9失点と大崩れした戸郷は、立て直して5回2安打1失点。「先制点は取られたが、何とか粘りながら投球できた」。だが、今季のチームを支えてきた盤石の救援陣に、ほころびが生じた。延長十一回、8番手の赤星は先頭への四球から1死満塁のピンチに。最後は犠飛を許し、広島ファンで赤く染まったスタンドの歓喜の渦にのまれた。
本拠地で3連勝して乗り込んだ広島。14勝6敗と大きく勝ち越していた相手に、勢いを止められた。「目の前の目標がはっきり見えているので、大きなモチベーションとしてチーム全体に流れている」と話していたのは橋上監督代行。2年ぶりのリーグ制覇に向け、これ以上は負けられない。

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani returned from a right upper arm injury and played as the No. 2 DH against the Padres. He hit right field in his first at-bat and walked in his second at-bat. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was a starter and pitched no runs in three innings. In addition, match results for Munetaka Murakami, Seiya Suzuki, and Kazuma Okamoto were also reported.

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani returned from a right upper arm injury and played as the No. 2 designated hitter against the Padres, hitting right field in his first at-bat. On the same day, Japanese players such as Munetaka Murakami, Seiya Suzuki, and Kazuma Okamoto played in the US Major League Baseball, but Okamoto went hitless in a doubleheader, eliminating his chances of advancing to the playoffs.

Consecutive women's judo Olympic champion Ayumi Tanimoto (45) served as a general volunteer to guide spectators at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Out of gratitude for her past experience, she applied, saying, ``I've always wanted to try it,'' and contributed to the organization of the event with her cheerful voice and smile.

On the 22nd, infielder Takuya Nakajima (35) of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, a professional baseball team, held a press conference at the team's home base, Escon Field, Hokkaido, and announced that he would be retiring from active duty at the end of this season. Looking back on his 18 years of dedication to the Fighters, he expressed his gratitude and cited winning the league championship in 2016 as the No. 1 in Japan as his favorite memory. He asked his juniors to ``do the obvious things,'' and expressed his intention to become a coach in the future.

Nippon-Ham fell behind by 5 points due to starter Kitayama's 5 runs, but Tamiya's home run helped them come back and win. Nakajima's retirement match after 18 years of service was decorated with flowers, and the team moved forward to host the CS first stage at their home base.

On the 10th day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, Atamifuji defeated Ozeki Kotozakura in a push-out match to advance to the tournament. In a place where he was aiming to be promoted to ozeki, he showed a calm and powerful sumo style, and received high praise from Chairman Hakkaku. He says that this is a "passing point" and is eager to get to the final stage.