◇ Chiba Lotte vs Tohoku Rakuten 1st Round (4th, Zozo Marine Stadium)

Chiba Lotte Outside The player hit his third solo home run.

He started as the fourth batter and first first baseman, but was out on an outfield fly in his first and second at-bats, and was up to bat in his third count-bat. Takahisa Hayakawa The third pitch pitcher threw was a high and inside fastball that was hit into the left field stands.

Soto didn't get hit in the opening game, but he hit Home Run in two consecutive games after that, and has been doing well with 7 hit At Bat-bats in 5 games, a batting average of .350, and an OPS of 1.031. With Home Run in this game, he has extended his consecutive hit and RBI to 5 games.

◇ Comment from Soto
"I hit a straight ball. The other team was pitching well, so the easy balls were hard to come by, but I thought I had to make sure to hit the ball that came in the zone. I'm glad I was able to hit it properly."

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