Dogo pitched as a starting pitcher in a home game against the Chunichi Dragons at the Tokyo Dome on the 8th, allowing only three hits until the 10th inning of extra time and pitching hard with 11 strikeouts and two walks without losing a point. He pitched 140 pitches, but the game ended in a 0–0 draw in the 12th inning of extra time.
Dogo allowed only one hit until the sixth inning. After one out in the first inning, he walked the runner, but ended the inning with a swinging strikeout and an outfield fly ball. In the second inning, he showed off his pitching power with a strikeout, a fly ball to second baseman, and a fly ball to shortstop. In the third inning, he struck out and two infield grounder and finished with three outs.
In the fourth inning, Bright, the leadoff hitter, allowed a three-base hit over the middle. In the crisis of losing a point with no outs and runners on third base, he did not allow a score by handling the centerline of No. 3 to 5 with a grounder to third base, a grounder to shortstop, and a strikeout.
In the fifth and sixth innings, three consecutive three-way shutout. Chunichi batters' hits did not leave the infield.
Dogo got his second hit on the day by Ishikawa Takaya after two outs in the seventh inning, but struck out a follow-up batter. He struck out in the eighth inning and finished with two outfield fly balls.
Dogo, who threw 108 pitches until the eighth inning, finished with a three-way exit with 15 pitches in the ninth inning. He threw 123 pitches until the ninth inning, but when he went into overtime 0-0, Dogo also took the mound in the 10th inning.
He struck out two in a row and allowed an infield hit to Takuya Kinoshita. The pinch hitter Goto blocked the inning without losing a point with a fly ball to right field with a 150km fastball in the 140th pitch.
In the bottom of the 10th inning of extra time, Okamoto Kazuma, the No. 1 home run player, stepped down with a grounder to the third baseman in a walk-off chance with two outs and runners on first and second base. Dogo handed the ball to the bullpen in the 11th inning of extra time and missed the chance to win 36 days after August 3.
Dogo pitched 149 pitches against Yakult on August 3, striking out 10 and allowing one run in nine innings. He has since lost three games in five games. He has 10 wins, 5 losses, a 2.77 ERA and 118 strikeouts in 21 games this season. He is tied for second in multiple wins, sixth in strikeouts, and ninth in ERA.
Yomiuri missed a chance with one out and runners on first and second base and two outs and runners on second and third base with two walks in the 11th inning of extra time. Chunichi starter Nakachi Leia blocked the Yomiuri lineup with three hits, four walks, six strikeouts and no runs in seven innings (99 pitches). Since then, seven bullpen pitchers have thrown until the 12th inning of extra time.
The game lasted three hours and 40 minutes. Chunichi had 23 players, including eight pitchers, and Yomiuri finished with three pitchers thanks to Dogo's responsibility for 10 innings. Chunichi batters had three hits and 15 strikeouts, while Yomiuri's batters had five hits and 12 strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Japanese media Sponichi Annex said, "The 0-0 draw for Yomiuri is the first time since the match against Hanshin (Koshien Stadium) on September 24, 2018, and the 0-0 draw at Tokyo Dome is the first in 11 years since the match against Hanshin on April 30, 2012."