Hokkaido Nippon-Ham vs. Orix, 19th game (19th, ES CON FIELD)
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took a 2-point lead in the first inning with consecutive timely hits from Yuya Gunji and Yuki Nomura.
Shun Shun Mizutani, the first batter, reached base with doble. Kotaro Kotaro Kiyomiya and Kazunari Ishii followed, but Reyes walked. With two Walk and runners on first and second, Gunji came to bat. With count at 1-1, he hit a high fastball the other way to score a run. Nomura followed, hitting breaking ball on the first pitch to left field, giving the team a two-run lead in the first inning.
Following his batting average of .345 in July, Gunji is also batting .371 in August (as of before the game), and Nomura is also batting .308 in August (as of before the game), and both players have now hit in six consecutive games.
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