◇ Hokkaido Nippon-Ham vs Fukuoka Softbank 20th Round (20th, ES CON FIELD)

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took the lead with timely hits from Reyes and Yuki Nomura.

In the bottom of the third, with one out, Yuma Imagawa and Kotaro Kiyomiya created a great opportunity with consecutive hits, allowing Reyes to come to bat. In his first at-bat, Reyes swung and missed a chance and fell to struck out, but this time he caught a low breaking ball to center field and went to left-center. wall hit a timely doble to take the lead. Then, with two outs and a runner on second, Yuki Nomura hit a hit to left, and Reyes surged ahead with a strong run. He extended his lead to three runs.

The day before, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham overturned a maximum 6-point lead to take a win over. They broke through the Yugo Maeda pitcher, an unbeaten 10-game winning streak this season, and the in-form from the start, showing a remarkable opening performance.

Text by Minagi Niwa