◇ Orix Buffaloes vs. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles Game 13 (3rd · Tokyo Dome)

Orix Buffaloes In Kotaro Kobayashi hit his 13th two-run homer.

He started the game batting ninth as “short stop.” In the bottom of the second inning, with his team trailing by five runs and two outs and a runner on first, he stepped to the plate and drove the opposing starter’s Kosei Shoji pitcher, he drove a low fastball into the back screen.

Against the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles this season, Kurenai had been hitting well in 12 games: 36 At Bat 11 hit 2 Home Run, with a .306 batting average and an .887 OPS (as of before the game). He also hit a home run in his first at-bat in this game.

◇ Comments from Kurenai
“I made an error, so I stepped up to the plate determined to make up for it. I’ll do my best to help us take the lead.”