◇ Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs Orix Buffaloes Game 10 (14th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles took the lead with Ryosuke Tatsumi 's seventh solo homer.

In the bottom of the first inning with two outs and no runner, Tatsumi caught the breaking ball of the opposing starter, Alen Kuri pitcher, from count 1-0. The ball soared high straight into the 'Iris Ohyama Left home run Zone.' With this single run for the first time in three games, he provided valuable run run for Ryota Takinaka pitcher.

With this single hit, Tatsumi reached base for the fourth consecutive game, and the team scored the first run in six games.

◇ Comment from Player Tatsumi
"I'm glad we took the lead. Let's win!"