◆パ・リーグ　日本ハム―ソフトバンク（２０日・エスコンフィールド）

In the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs and runners on second and third base, Softbank Hawks 's Kensuke Kondo hit his 15th home run of the season, a three-run shot to left-center field, his second consecutive home run of the season.

In the fifth inning with no outs and runners on first and second base, he connected with Kikuchi's first pitch for his 14th home run of the season, a three-run shot to right field. "I went to the plate determined to just go for it and hit with all my might. I was able to make a good approach to the first pitch, fork," he reflected.

In the first inning, with no outs and runners on second and third base, he hit a ground ball to Ryoya Kurihara RBI RBI RBI the league's leading RBI leader.