Nippon Professional Baseball
YSTokyo Yakult Swallows
VSHANHanshin Tigers
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
No injuries
Starter: Yasunobu Okugawa. No major injuries reported. No roster changes (59-77-2, eliminated from postseason).
Hanshin Tigers
No injuries
Starter: Haruto Takahashi, pitching a day later after the Sep 29 rainout vs Yakult; a win would be his 16th, putting him closer to the club's first wins title in 23 years (since Kei Igawa), and cut the magic number from 4 to 3. Itohara and Kirishiki activated Sep 29.