◇Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Game 14 (5th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

​Ryosuke Tatsumi players from Tohoku Rakuten Eagles hit timely hits that marked RBI in three consecutive matches.

In the bottom of the second inning with a one-run lead, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles created a one-out bases loaded opportunity with consecutive hits from Ryuya Taira and YG Yasuda, and added another run with Fumiya Kurokawa sacrifice fly. Tatsumi also came to bat with two outs and runners on first and third. He swung through a fastball thrown by opposing starter Ren Fukushima pitcher, and the ball broke through the first and second bases.

On the 3rd, the first game of this series, he hit a timely doble in the bottom of the 8th. On the 4th, he hit a valuable sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 3rd.

◇ Comment from Player Tatsumi
"The one I hit was fastball. The Kobe beef I received before the match was incredibly delicious and gave me energy. I'll keep working hard with the power of Kobe beef," said with a smile.

Text by Rihoko Niwa