Professional baseball player Teruaki Sato of Hanshin hit the 21st home run in the DeNA game held at Tokyo Dome on the night of the 17th, breaking the record for the most home runs of new left batters for the first time in 75 years.
Sato hit the 21st solo home run of the season from DeNA starting pitcher * Hamaguchi * Hull to Wright in the second at-bat three times.
The most home run record of one season marked by a rookie left batter in professional baseball was 20 hits by Hiroshi Ohshita of Nippon Ham's predecessor, Senator's in 1946, and Sato broke the record for the first time in 75 years. Did.
The record for the most home runs for newcomers in professional baseball is 31, which was marked by Takeshi Kuwata, the predecessor of DeNA in 1959, and Kazuhiro Kiyohara of Seibu in 1986.
Sato hit the No. 22 solo home run to the left for two at-bats in a row even in the third at-bat, and was in line with the newcomer record of the team marked by Koichi Tabuchi in 1969.
Regarding this, Sato commented, "I am very honored to be able to line up with the record of a great person named Mr. Tabuchi, and I am honestly happy. I will do my best to stack as many as possible."
Sato, who joined the team in 1st place in the draft this season, has participated in all 88 games since the opening and has become a leader with his long hitting ability.
* There are no eyebrows under the Hama-made crown.
* Making "shaking" on Shinnyo.