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Munetaka Murakami hits 5 home runs in a row, a new record for professional baseball.

In the first inning, he hit 4 in a row for the first time in 25 years, and set a new record with 3 at-bats

■ Yakult Chunichi (2nd, Jingu)

Yakult infielder Munetaka Murakami set a new professional baseball record for five consecutive home runs in the Chunichi match held at Jingu Stadium on the 2nd. Murakami, who hit three consecutive home runs in the game against Hanshin Tigers (Koshien) on July 31, hit No. 38 in his first at-bat on this day, making it a professional baseball tie for four consecutive at-bats. 39 No. 2 run. The home stadium was filled with cheers.

Immediately after Yamada’s solo scored one point, Murakami caught the 109-kilometer slow curve in the middle of Chunichi’s starting lineup, Yanagi’s fourth pitch, at the turn at bat, which was greeted with two outless runners in the first inning. The hit ball that soars high near the right wing pole is an oversized bullet that dives into the upper part of the stands. It was a professional baseball tie record of 4 at-bats in a row.

In addition, in the second at bat of the third inning, when he stood at first base with one death, he caught the sixth pitch from the full count, a changeup of 130 km. Like Murakami, when he hit a big ball in the opposite direction, he stretched out and jumped into the stands.

In the past, 13 people in Nippon Professional Baseball have recorded consecutive home runs in “4 at-bats” without four dead balls in between (7 SE, 6 PA). The most recent was Nigel Wilson (Nippon-Ham), who recorded in the match against Kintetsu on June 21, 1997, and Murakami lined up with this record for the first time in 25 years and surpassed it in an instant.

Players who have recorded in the past include Sadaharu Oh (giant), who scored in the match against Hanshin on May 3, 1964, and Randy Barth, who scored in the match against Taiyo from May 31, 1986 to June 1, 1986. There are sluggers who leave their names in the line.

[Actual video]Brilliant achievement with one-handed “transformation strike”!Footage of a solo home run by Munetaka Murakami, a five-at-bat consecutive home run

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