Munetaka Murakami, No. 4 of professional baseball Yakult, who has been stagnating for four games before the 56th home run of the season, which is the most for Japanese players, will face the Chunichi match on the night of the 21st, with expectations of breaking the record.
Murakami hit the 55th home run of the season in the Giants match on the 13th of this month, lining up with the record for the most home runs in a Japanese player's season that Sadaharu Oh set in 1964.
After that, there were no homeruns in four games in a row, and on the night of the 21st, Chunichi will face the Chunichi match that will be held at Nagoya's Vantelin Dome in Nagoya, the home of Chunichi.
In the practice that started around 4:00 pm, Murakami batted against the batting pitcher and was hitting a sharp ball as usual.
Murakami has hit seven home runs this season at his Nagoya Vantelin Dome.
Chunichi's Takahiro Matsuba, who is scheduled to start, has two hits in three at bats, but there is no home run, so it will be interesting to see what kind of batting he will show.