Pacific League Nippon-Ham vs Softbank (23rd, ES CON FIELD)
Nippon-Ham, led by manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo, took a 4-point lead in the second inning. Game 2 of their head-to-head match against Softbank, who are trailing by 2.5 games, saw things start to move early in the second inning.
Reyes, who led off the innings, hit his 26th solo home run, his most of the season and the most in the league. He hit a huge home run off Arihara to left field. “I’ve faced pitcher many times and my performance wasn’t great. But today I wasn’t playing against him, it was The Fighters vs. The Hawks. It was an important game for both teams, so rather than focusing on my own results, I focused on hitting the ball right in the center of the bat and making something happen. The moment the ball hit my bat, I sprinted as fast as I could.”
Nomura and Ishii followed with consecutive hits to put runners at first and third, and Mannami added a run with a timely hit to center field. After that, Tamiya, No. 8, sacrifice bunt fielder’s choice to pitcher and Mizuno, No. 9, Walk pushed out, scored the third run, and then, with no outs bases loaded, scored the fourth run during Mizutani’s two groundouts.
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AloJapan.com