For the second straight night, a hit by Shohei Otani led to a six-run inning that helped Japan erase a large deficit. As was also the case the first time, Japan and the Netherlands took things into extra innings, where the tiebreaker rule used at the World Baseball Classic would help determine a winner.
Luckily for Samurai Japan, the similarities didn't end there. It was all over after the 10th inning again, and the same team was celebrating at the end.
The Japanese used a six-run rally to tie the game in the seventh inning and won it after Seiya Suzuki hit a grand slam in the 10th that helped Japan defeat the Netherlands 12-10 in the final game of the 2016 Samurai Japan Challenge.