Rays Yoshitomo Tsutsuka 2 hits including No. 3 home run this season Aug 17 10:03
Yoshitomo Tsutsuka of the major league Rays contributed to the team's victory by hitting a three-run home run and a two-base hit in the Blue Jays match on the 16th.
Tsutsuka played in the 5th left double-header match against Blue Jays in the 7-inning game in Buffalo, NY.
The first at-bat and the second at-bat four times after the short fly followed by two points were two-out at first and second base. Then, he caught a ball near the outside corner of the right pitcher and hit a reversing No. 3 three-run home run over the left.
The third batter in the sixth inning struck a lead batter with a leftover two-base hit from the left pitcher, marking multiple hits for the third time this season.
After this, he was sent off as a substitute and retired, and Tsutsuka had 3 hits, 2 hits and 3 RBIs.
The match went into an extension with a tie of 5 to 5, with Raise scoring 2 points and winning 7 to 5 in the eighth.
Prior to this, the first double-header match was restarted from the 4 times postponed the day before due to bad weather, and Tsutsuka did not participate.
The Blue Jays scored a goal on the 7th player after Shun Yamaguchi had won 1 point in 9 innings, struck one on a left fly and scored three consecutive games.
Rays won the match 3 to 2.