◆パ・リーグ　オリックス０―３日本ハム（９日・京セラドーム大阪）

On the 9th, Nippon-Ham defeated Orix Buffaloes convincingly, ending their 7-game losing streak in Kyocera D that had continued since last season. They reduced their debt to 3 and rose to 4th place. Yuki Nomura infielder (25), who started as the fifth batter and left fielder, hit a go-ahead single to center in the first inning, and in his third at-bat in the fifth inning, he added another run with his fifth homer two-run homer, marking all three RBI for the team.

The moment I hit it, I was certain. In the fifth inning with two outs and a runner on first in a 1-0 tie, Soya hit a 146 km/h fastball with a massive 130-meter drive to the left-center second tier. "It was just a single extra-base hit. Since Reyes didn't run properly, I showed him how home run is supposed to work." On the podium, he fired a direct single to right wall field just before and toyed with his 3-Home Run home run, which had been single hit this season, while reflecting on the valuable additional run.

He has been entrusted with the fifth spot in the batting order for the last three games and has maintained his good form with five hit. "I thought that since I would be batting after Reyes, there would be more situations where I would be in charge of deciding the outcome of the game, so I wanted to stay focused." The reliable young slugger will lead the batting lineup. (Haruki Kawakami)