◆Pacific League: Rakuten Eagles vs. Lotte (29th, Rakuten Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Rakuten Eagles outfielder Ryosuke Tatsumi hit his 15th solo home run.

In the bottom of the second inning with one out and trailing by three runs, he perfectly caught an outside high fastball thrown by Yoshikawa on a 2-2 count. It was a satisfying home run that flew into the middle of the left-field stands in the opposite direction. Raising a signal for a counterattack with a certain home run, he commented, 'I was cornered, but I was able to hit it well.'

Tatsumi achieved his 1,000th career game appearance in the game against the Seibu Lions on the 28th, the previous day. In the first game following this milestone, he drew a brilliant arc with his hit.