DeNA's Taiki Mimori (三森大貴) hit a go-ahead blow with two outs and runners on second and third in the ninth, defeating Hanshin 8–5 to win Game 4 of the Central League CS final stage. The game was played at Koshien, and in the eighth, uniform No. 26, who had entered as Sano's (佐野) pinch runner, came to bat.
DeNA defeated Hanshin 8–5 in Game 4 of the Central League CS final stage, securing a comeback victory. The game remained close until late, but Taiki Mimori's (三森大貴) hitting turned the momentum around.
In his first at-bat, Mimori fell behind after a swinging strike and a foul ball, then hit the decisive ball as the crowd called out that only one strike remained. In the eighth, the player wearing No. 26, who had entered as Sano's (佐野) pinch runner, also came to the plate.
The account says the result and number of games above .500 matched the record from two years ago, when the team completed its upset.