The Giants' two runs came from a Hisayoshi Chono RBI-single in the fifth inning and Shuichi Murata's solo homerun in the top of the eighth.

In the bottom half of the inning, Giants' outfielder Yoshiyuki Kamei stopped a potential game-tying play by making an impressive catch at the wall to retire Kazuo Matsui with runners on first and second with two outs.

Giants' second baseman Takayuki Terauchi fielded the ball and threw it to first base in an attempt to throw out a head-first-sliding Fujita.

Mori's blown call was exaggerated when Terauchi hit what should have been a game-tying solo home run the next inning.

Relieving Karashima, Norimoto blew the game's save opportunity in the ninth only to earn a win in the tenth inning.

[12] In the top of the tenth inning, Norimoto drew a lead off walk from Yomiuri reliever Kentaro Nishimura.

Abe then scored on Andruw Jones' infield single giving the Eagles an insurance run.

Norimoto then relieved Mima to pitch two scoreless innings, and Tanaka came in to close out the ninth earning him a save.

The Eagles immediately took the lead in the first inning on a run-scoring error by Giants' shortstop Hayato Sakamoto.