Seibu ‘s Nishikawa had a solid batting performance against Lotte on the 2nd (Belluna D) with a single to right field, a hit through right field, two down the left line, a single to left field, a double, and a single to center field, for a At Bat of 6 hit (2 RBI). He had hit in six consecutive at-bats, from his first at-bat in the first inning to his final at-bat in the 10th extra inning innings. The following hitter have previously had 6 or more hit in a single game:
July 15, 1971: Toshio Kasai (Kinki) vs. Gold Star
6 At Bat 7 hit 2 RBI
April 19, 1949: Toshio Shiraishi (The Giants) vs. Taiyo
6 At Bat 7 hit 4 RBI
November 19, 1974: Hiroshi Oshita (Tokyu) vs. Taiyo
7 At Bat 7 hit 5 RBI
August 26, 1951: Nobuo Osawa (Taiyo) vs. Hiroshima
6 At Bat 6 hit 6 RBI
June 22, 1977: Britton (Hankyu) vs. Kintetsu
6 At Bat 6 hit 2 RBI
August 30, 1978: Kiyozo Furukawa (Hankyu) vs. Nankai
7 At Bat 9 at-hit 2 RBI
May 26, 1954: Hiroyuki Watanabe (Hanshin Tigers) vs. Chunichi
6 At Bat 6 hit 5 RBI
May 22, 1980: Akira Ogi (Nishitetsu) vs. Tombo
6 At Bat 6 hit 3 RBI
April 19, 1986: Machida Yukihiko (JNR) vs. Hiroshima
6 At Bat 6 hit 2 RBI
October 8, 1967: Kazuhiko Kondo (Taiyo) vs. Hiroshima
6 At Bat 6 hit 0 RBI
May 10, 1974: Shigeru Takada (The Giants) vs. Chunichi
6 At Bat 6 hit 2 RBI
September 19, 1997: Tomonori Maeda (Hiroshima) vs. The Giants
6 At Bat 6 hit 1 RBI
July 27, 2003: Kenji Jojima (Daiei) vs. Orix
6 At Bat 7 hit 7 RBI
September 17, 2006: Morimoto Mareaki (Nippon-Ham) vs. Lotte
6 At Bat 6 hit 1 RBI
September 16, 2018: Yusuke Oyama (Hanshin Tigers) vs. DeNA
6 At Bat 6 hit 7 RBI
August 3, 2010: Yohei Oshima (Chunichi) vs. Yakult
6 At Bat 6 hit 1 RBI
Nishikawa is the 17th player to have six or more hit in a single game. Looking at batting order of the 17 players, hitter batting order bat is Kasai, Ogi, Takada, Maeda, Morimoto, Oshima, and Nishikawa, with seven of them. Next are the fifth batter with four, the third batter with three, and the second batter with two. There are no hitter in the fourth, sixth, eighth, or ninth positions. Also, Seibu and Lotte tied 5-5 after 12 innings of extra inning time. Nishikawa is the third player on a team with hitter who had hit or more hits to fail to win, following Kondo and Oshima, who both lost.
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