Koki Yamaguchi of the Marines had a couple good nights last week against the Eagles. On Wednesday night, he hit a three run home run in the bottom of the seventh, breaking a 2-2 tie and providing the margin of victory in Lotte's 5-3 win. In his next at bat, in the first inning of the next day's game, he hit a two run home run. Three innings later, he hit another two run home run. In his next at bat, in the same inning, he hit yet another home run - a two run shot that capped off the Marines nine run fourth inning. That put the Marines up 11-1 and ended up again providing the margin of victory in a game where the Eagles managed to claw back to make a game of it before Lotte held on for a 12-10 win.
Yamaguchi was the 15th player in NPB history to hit home runs in four consecutive at bats but was also the first one to do it with runners on base each time. He was the 22nd player to hit two home runs in an inning. (H/T NPB Reddit)
This was not the first time Yamaguchi hit three home runs in one game. He also did it back in 2022 against the Buffaloes in Osaka. At 22 years and one month of age at the time, he was the youngest player in either league or team history to do it. The event was commemorated in the 2022 BBM Fusion set (#94):
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