Yohei Oshima, a veteran of professional baseball in Chunichi, scored six hits in one game in the Yakult match held at Jingu Stadium on the night of the 3rd, becoming the seventh player in the history of professional baseball in the two-league system.
In his 13th year as a professional, 36-year-old Oshima started as No. 1 and center, hit two bases in the first inning, and hit singles in the second, fourth, and fifth at-bats.
Then, in the 5th at bat of the 7th inning with 2 outs and 2nd base, he hit a timely hit in the 6th at bat of the 9th inning, and hit 6 hits in 6 at bats in this game.
He is the 7th professional baseball player with 6 hits in one game since the two-league system was introduced, and the 5th player in the Central League since Hanshin Yusuke Oyama did so in 2018.
Also, it is the first time for a Chunichi player.
The professional baseball record is 7 hits marked by Hiroshi Oshita of Tokyu in 1949 during the 1st league era.