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Furuta ties Japan baseball record with 4 homers

Furuta ties Japan baseball record with 4 homers

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yakult Swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta matched a Japanese single-game baseball record when he hit four home runs in the game against the Hiroshima Carp on June 28. Furuta hit a pair of solo shots, a two-run and a three-run drive at Hiroshima Stadium to become the fifth player in history following Yoshiyuki Iwamoto (1951), Sadaharu Oh (1964), Tony Solaita (1980) and Nigel Wilson (1997) to accomplish the feat.

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Furuta ties Japan baseball record with 4 homers

Furuta ties Japan baseball record with 4 homers

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yakult Swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta matched a Japanese single-game baseball record when he hit four home runs in the game against the Hiroshima Carp on June 28. Furuta hit a pair of solo shots, a two-run and a three-run drive at Hiroshima Stadium to become the fifth player in history following Yoshiyuki Iwamoto (1951), Sadaharu Oh (1964), Tony Solaita (1980) and Nigel Wilson (1997) to accomplish the feat. (Kyodo)

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