[Softbank Hawks] Kenta Imamiya left the game midway through...possibly due to an accident. Taisei Taisei Makihara during his at-bat in the 4th inning. He was in the starting starting line-up for the first time in four games against The Giants on the 28th and had multiple hit.

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In the third inning with one out, second baseman Kenta Imamiya fielded a ground ball hit by Masaya Yano (Photo by Daisuke Iwata).

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Softbank Hawks Hawks infielder Kenta Imamiya left the game in the fourth inning. He had started the game as the eighth batter and second baseman, but in the fourth inning with two outs, infielder Taisei Makihara was sent in as a pinch hitter. After that, Imamiya was not seen in the dugout, and it is believed that some kind of accident occurred.

In the previous night's game The Giants (at Tokyo Dome) on the 28th, he made hit starting line-up four games and recorded multiple hits. On this day as well, he handled defense opportunities without incident and drew Walk in his first at-bat in the second inning with two outs.

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[Softbank Hawks] Kenta Imamiya left the game midway through...possibly due to an accident. Taisei Taisei Makihara during his at-bat in the 4th inning. He was in the starting starting line-up for the first time in four games against The Giants on the 28th and had multiple hit.