◇ Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Game 21 (5th, Rakuten Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham's Reyes hit his 31st home run, a 3-run shot, in his second consecutive game.

In the top of the 3rd inning with the score 0-0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took a 1-point lead via a delayed steal with runners on 1st and 3rd and no outs. Later, with two outs and runners on 1st and 2nd, Reyes entered the batter's box. On a count 2-2, he hit the 5th pitch—an outside fastball thrown by the opposing starting pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa—towards right field. The ball flew into the right-field home run zone.

Reyes, who was also hot in the previous game with 3 hit including a 2-run shot, is in peak condition in September, recording 7 hit in 12 At Bat, a .583 batting average, 2 Home Run 5 RBI.

*Stats are as of the end of the top of the 3rd inning