◇ Orix vs Tohoku Rakuten 9th Round (27th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix 's Yuma Tongu hit a two-run shot in the eighth.

Tonmiya started as "No. 5 and first baseman". In the bottom of the fifth inning with a four-run lead, with the bases loaded and no outs, he entered his third at-bat and caught the first pitch thrown by opposing starter Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher, and the batted ball grazed the ceiling and into the left-field stands. He extended the lead to six points with an oversized shot. In all three at-bats up to the fifth inning, Tonmiya had reached base in each of his two hit and 1 Walk.

◇Comment from Tonmiya
"I think it was cutter that I hit, I had a good feel for it and I'm glad I managed to score an extra point!"

Written by Aoi Nishijima

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