◇Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Game 7 (Rakuten Eagles 4th, Rakuten Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's Ryuya Taira hit a game-tying solo home run, his second of the season.

Trailing by one run in the bottom of the 7th inning, he stepped up to the plate as the leadoff batter and swung at fork thrown by opposing starting pitcher Ren Fukushima. Despite being off-balance, he powerfully hit the ball, which landed in the left field stands. After that, Ryosuke Tatsumi hit his 3rd solo home run of the season, bringing the team's score to 2 runs against pitcher, who had been pitching well.

Taira hit his first home run in four games since his professional Home Run on April 29th. Despite often coming off the bench, he is making an impression in the limited opportunities he has had.

Text by Kanako Fukushima