Overview

• At Koshien, Shota Morishita ended Game 2 with a 10th-inning two-run homer after Teruaki Sato’s eighth-inning RBI single pulled Hanshin even.
• Hanshin’s bullpen covered the late innings without allowing a run, with Yuasa, Iwasada, Ishii and Oikawa closing out the comeback win over DeNA.
• In Fukuoka, Yuki Yanagita broke a scoreless tie with an eighth-inning three-run shot as SoftBank beat Nippon-Ham 3–0, though 22-year-old Ren Fukushima delivered 7-plus strong innings in defeat.
• Both league champions now hold two wins on top of their one-win advantage in the Final Stage, leaving a berth to the Japan Series dependent on a win or tie in Game 3.
• Elsewhere, Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto logged his first MLB complete game with three hits and one run as Shohei Ohtani added an RBI single, while Seibu Gas and Honda Kumamoto clinched JABA Championship berths, draft hopeful Shinya Endo drew notice, and Ritsumeikan Keisho reached Hokkaido’s high school semifinals.