◇Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs. Fukuoka Softbank, Game 24 (August 1st, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles Fumiya Kurokawa The player hit his fifth home run of the season, a career high.

Kurokawa, making starting line-up start in four games since the September 27th game against Saitama Seibu Lions, stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the 4th inning with two outs and no runner on base, trailing 0-7. Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher had closer to just one hit and five struck out up to that point, but he scooped up a low fork and sent it soaring into the right-field stands.

◇Comment from Kurokawa
"I hit fork. I'll do my best to get a hit in my next at-bat as well." (emphatically)