The annual home run competition was held ahead of the Major League Baseball All-Star game, and last year, Soto of the Nationals, who fought a fierce battle with Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, won the championship for the first time.
The home run competition took place on the 18th at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, where this all-star game will be held, and eight of the major league baseball hitters competed in a tournament format for how many home runs they could hit within the time limit.
The winner was Soto, a 23-year-old Nationals player who won the home run competition last year after an extra time against Otani in the first round, and in the first round he beat Ramirez of the Guardians 18-17. rice field.
In the semi-finals, he hit a total of 685 home runs in 5th place in the history of the major leagues and played against Cardinals' Pooh Halls, who has announced his retirement for the rest of the season, and also beat 16 to 15.
In the final, Ichiro played against 21-year-old Julio Rodriguez in the Mariners rookie, where the first Rodriguez hit 18 home runs, while the second Soto hit 19 home runs. I hit and won the first victory.
The All-Star game, in which Otani is the first designated hitter and is scheduled to start, will be held on the 19th and 20th of Japan time, and will be broadcast on NHK General TV from 9 am.
You can also watch it on NHK Plus simultaneous distribution.