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

Lotte outfielder Koki Yamaguchi hit his 25th solo home run, homering in two consecutive games. With one out in the third inning and the score at 1-4, he connected with Kamichatani's outside fastball, sending the ball screaming into the right of the backscreen. "It was perfect. It was perfect, but watching the way center fielder Shuto-san was chasing it, I thought for a moment it might be caught, so I'm glad it went over," he said with a smile. He is the first Japanese player for the club to reach 25 home runs in 28 years, since Kiyoshi Hatsushiba in 1998.

With a bullet-like home run featuring an exit velocity of 170.9 km/h, he surpassed the 24 home runs held by his favorite senior, Seiya Inoue. Having declared on the hero interview podium after hitting a walk-off home run the previous night, 'I want to do my best to surpass Seiya-san,' he delivered an immediate answer with this swing. 'I was able to surpass Seiya-san's (Inoue) total and catch up to Hatsushiba-san, so next I will do my best to aim for Ochiai-san's total,' he said, setting his sights on the great senior who hit 52 home runs.