◆ Batting .342 against the Seibu Lions this season: "It comes around to me in good situations, and the timing is right."

Nippon-Ham's Kengo Yoshida hit a game-winning 3-run triple to sweep the runners with the bases loaded and one out in the 4th inning of the Seibu Lions game on the 26th.

Yoshida has a good record against Seibu Seibu Lions season, with a batting average of .342 (13 out of 38), 3 Home Run, and 8 RBI. On the Fuji TV ONE program "Pro baseball News 2026" broadcast on the 26th, MC Takagi Yutaka commented, "Yoshida, Seibu Lions killer, hit well at a good time," to which commentator Ikeda Chikaoki analyzed, "He comes up to bat at a good time again. And it must be good timing for him, because he was looking for a pitch like that from the start, and I thought that they might throw breaking ball, that slow pitch."

Furthermore, when Mr. Takagi remarked, "It was as if he was deliberately aiming for the right field," Mr. Ikeda offered his assessment: "He is a player who excels at hitting to the right. That’s why he can produce extra-base hits in that direction; it’s a matter of a good matchup, and it’s also one of his strengths."

☆ Cooperation: Fuji TV ONE "Professional baseball News 2026"