The game was still in progress. But some Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks fans picked up their belongings and started walking up the stairs to leave the stadium, when they perhaps thought the team had built a big enough lead to win the ball game.
But the majority who stayed must have felt as though they were walking on thin ice by the final out.
In the end the Hawks barely edged the Hiroshima Carp, beating back an impressive late surge in their 9-8 Japan Series Game 3 win at Yafuoku Dome on Tuesday night.