◇Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Game 9 (June 6th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 's Reyes hit a go-ahead RBI single in the top of the 6th inning.

Starting as the cleanup hitter and DH Reyes drew a walk as the leadoff hitter in the top of the 5th inning with his starting line-up runner by one run, and scored the tying Walk. In the top of the 6th inning, he drew two walks, putting runners on first and Walk with two outs, and came up to bat for the third time. On the second pitch from the third pitcher, Chia-Hao Sung, he connected with breaking ball that had little break, sending the ball to left field. runner Yua Tamiya scored the go-ahead run. The offense continued to connect, and Yuki Nomura added another run with a timely doble.

Reyes has played in 31 games so far this season, batting .308 (as of before the game), showing strong hitting form. The team's slugger has responded well to being used in the cleanup spot for the first time this season.

Written by Ao Yokoyama