Professional baseball player Yakult No. 4 Munetaka Murakami fell into a catcher fly on the night of the 30th in the first at-bat of the Giants match held at Kyocera Dome Osaka.
With this, his streak stopped at 14 at-bats, falling short of the professional baseball record of 15 consecutive at-bats.
Murakami hit 9 hits, including 5 foreballs and 4 home runs, in 3 games from the 3rd at bat against DeNA on the 26th to the 28th of this month, and was on base for 14 consecutive at bats.
Murakami started in the 4th and 3rd in the Giants match held at Kyocera Dome Osaka on the night of the 30th.
Murakami launched the straight first pitch thrown by Kanno and fell into the catcher fly, stopping his consecutive base at 14 at-bats.
The professional baseball record was set by Jun Hirose of Hiroshima in 2013 with 15 consecutive at-bats, and Murakami was one more at-bat.
In addition, Murakami's streak of hits across the four-ball stopped at 9, and he did not reach the 11-hit streak of professional baseball.