◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks vs. Orix Buffaloes (24th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

Orix Buffaloes ・ Yuma Mune infielder started at "No. 8, third base" and hit his sixth home run of the season—a three-run shot—in his first at-bat.

In the second inning, with two outs and runners on second and third base, trailing by one run, he swung at a curveball from Softbank Hawks 's Nakamura Minoru and hit it into the right field stands. "I had a good feeling about it, so I was running thinking, 'Please go over!' We had just fallen behind, so I was just glad that we were able to take the lead," he said happily.

He was substituted out of the game against Seibu Lions on the 20th (Kyocera Dome Osaka) due to a lower body injury, and missed the game against the same team the following day, the 21st. Nevertheless, starting line-up returned to the starting lineup the day before, on the 23rd, in the first game of the series, recording two hit and two RBI, showing he was in good spirits for two consecutive days.