[Softbank Hawks] Kensuke Kondo, aiming for a comeback leading hitter in the final game on the 5th, says 'There is a possibility, so I feel motivated.' The condition is 3-for-4 or better. With 2 or fewer struck out, he would achieve a .300 average, 30 home runs, 100 RBI, 100 Walk, and fewer than 100 struck out for the first time in 25 years since Hideki Matsui.

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Kensuke Kondo

Softbank Hawks' Kensuke Kondo aims to become the comeback leading hitter in the final game of the season against the Rakuten Eagles on the 5th (Rakuten Mobile). His current batting average is .310. To surpass the league leader, Nippon-Ham's Reyes, who is at .313, 2 hit in 2 At Bat will not be enough; the condition is 3 hit or more in 4 At Bat. "Since there is a possibility, I want to feel motivated and do my best," he said, showing ambition for his second title in two years. Against the Rakuten Eagles' announced starter Kenta Maeda, he has been held to no hit in three plate appearances this season by the closer.

His stats so far are a .310 batting average, 32 Home Run, 108 RBI, and 101 Walk. With an on-base percentage of .432, he is certain to win his fifth highest on-base percentage title in two years. Furthermore, with 97 struck out currently, if he has two or fewer struck out, he will achieve a .300 average, 30 Home Run, 100 RBI, 100 Walk, and fewer than 100 struck out for the first time since Hideki Matsui (The Giants) and Petagine (Yakult) in 2001.

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[Softbank Hawks] Kensuke Kondo, aiming for a comeback leading hitter in the final game on the 5th, says 'There is a possibility, so I feel motivated.' The condition is 3-for-4 or better. With 2 or fewer struck out, he would achieve a .300 average, 30 home runs, 100 RBI, 100 Walk, and fewer than 100 struck out for the first time in 25 years since Hideki Matsui.