◆ Pacific League vs. Softbank Hawks (27th, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Lotte's Koki Yamaguchi outfielder hit his 25th solo homer, marking his second consecutive game. The score was 1-4 in the third inning, with one out. He swung through Kamichatani's outside fastball, and the ball flew fiercely into the right side of the back screen. With a 170.9 km/h ball, he hit a bullet home run, breaking the 24 home runs set by his beloved senior, Haruya Inoue, in 2018 and 2019. In the previous night's game, he hit walk-off home runs and, as he declared on the podium, "I want to do my best to get past Haruya," he responded with a single hit.