Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs. Chiba Lotte Marines Open Game (21st, Kin Town Baseball Stadium)
Chiba Lotte Marines 's Hiromi Oka hit inside-the-park home run.
With the score at 1-3 in the top of the seventh inning, he stepped up to bat as the leadoff hitter and hit the first pitch thrown by Tohoku Rakuten Eagles pitcher Ryuta Konno to center fielder. center fielder jumped forward to try to catch, but he was just out of reach and the ball went behind him. Meanwhile, he used his impressive speed to run around the diamond and score a run.
This Home Run was the first of the 12 teams to hit this season in the pre-season games of 2026. The team later tied the game with Home Run by Kyota Fujiwara.
Text by Tsutsui Mao
The first inside-the-park home run of the 12 team opening game was by Hiromi Oka
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