Tanba got a leg cramp and couldn't continue, so Sawamura came out at the bottom of the seventh. Yuki turned the game around in the top of the eighth. Sawamura continued to pitch well throughout the bottom, but...
Both left and center ran 
for it but were a step away!
Der Left- und Center-Fielder gingen beide
zum Ball, waren aber zu spät.
¡Los jardineros corrieron, 
pero no pudieron atraparla!
¡Los jardineros han corrido, 
pero no han podido atraparla!
Le champ gauche, Soyogi,
Convergono da sinistra e destra,
ma sono entrambi troppo lenti!
O esquerda e o central correram, 
mas chegaram um passo atrasados!