◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions 0-4 Orix Buffaloes (August 1st, Belluna Dome)

Seibu Lions 's first-round draft pick, catcher Taiga Kojima (22) from Meiji University, committed three passed balls in a single game on the 1st. This ties the worst record in Japanese baseball history, with the 12th player to do so, including the single-league era.

He formed a battery with Mitsunari Takahashi pitcher and made his second consecutive start as "No. 6 catcher". With both teams scoreless and no outs in the 6th inning, he failed to catch the fourth inside fork pitch to Hirooka, who followed him. runner The batter's error was recorded as a "caught stealing".

With one down and one out bases loaded, a 150 km/h straight ball to Nakagawa on the outside low corner was not catch able to be hit backwards. During that time, third base runner came home alive and we lost the second run.

In the bottom of the 8th inning, with one out and a runner on first base and trailing by four runs, the catcher was unable catch Fuji's low outside slider. This was the third "passed ball" of the day.

▼L's Kojima ties record with 3 passed balls in a single game Seibu Lions Lions catcher Taiga Kojima (22) tied the professional baseball record for most passed balls in a single game with 3 in the second game against Orix Buffaloes Buffaloes on the 1st (Belluna Dome). He is the 12th player to do so, and the 4th in the Pacific League (5 in the league, 3 in the Central League), since Kazuhiro Wada (Seibu) against Nippon-Ham Fighters on October 1, 2001.