◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions Softbank Hawks (July 7th, Belluna Dome)

Seibu Lions ・ On the 7th, Takeya Nakamura infielder (42) starting line-up started as the cleanup hitter DH in the game against Softbank Hawks (Belluna Dome), but went 4 At Bat hit and his team lost the game.

In the farm league, he played in 39 games, recording 26 At Bat 98 hit for a batting average of .265, 5 Home Run, and 23 RBI, and was promoted to the first team for the first time on this day. He joined the first team ahead of a three-game home series against the league leaders Softbank Hawks, who are trailing by 7.5 games, and was in starting line-up starting starting line-up for the first time in 402 days since July 1st of last year, and for the first time in 421 days since June 12th of last year.

In his first at-bat with two outs and a runner on first in the first inning, he was pushed down by starting left-handed pitcher Haru Matsumoto on the second pitch, and was caught off by a fastball of 147 inside pitches, flying out to shortstop. In his second at-bat leading off the fourth inning with a 0-1 leadoff run, he bounced a 120 km/h curveball from count 2-2 but was grounded to shortstop. In his third at-bat with one out and no runner in the sixth inning with the score tied, he hit a low change-up and swung and missed on the third pitch, falling to struck out.

In the bottom of the 8th inning, with the score 2-5 and trailing by 3 runs, and with one out and runners on second and third base, he stepped up struck out in a row.