Professional baseball player Yakult No. 4 Munetaka Murakami hit the No. 40 home run for the first time in his fifth year as a professional against Hiroshima at Mazda Stadium on the night of the 11th.
On the night of the 11th, Murakami started in the 4th and 3rd in the match against Hiroshima held at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima City, and in the 4th at-bat, he hit a solo home run from Hiroshima's 5th pitcher, Turley, and was 40 for the first time in his 5th year as a professional. I put it on the platform of No.
The 22-year-old Murakami, who is the undisputed number 4 this season, has mass-produced home runs, marking a new professional baseball record of 5 consecutive home runs from the Hanshin match on July 31st to the Chunichi match on August 2nd.
And on the 11th, he was the first of the 12 teams to hit the 40th home run.
Murakami was the home run king with 39 last year, and attention will be focused on how far he can improve the number in the future.