Baseball: Marines vs. Lions

Baseball: Marines vs. Lions

Wu Nien-ting of the Seibu Lions hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of a Pacific League baseball game against the Lotte Marines at Belluna Dome in Tokorozawa in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022. Marines pitcher Ayumu Ishikawa surrendered three straight home runs to Tomoya Mori, Hotaka Yamakawa and Wu during the inning.

Baseball: Buffaloes clinch Pacific League pennant

Baseball: Buffaloes clinch Pacific League pennant

Orix Buffaloes' Soichiro Yamazaki (R) hugs teammate Tomoya Mori as their team clinch the Pacific League baseball championship for the third straight season with a 6-2 win over the Lotte Marines at Kyocera Dome Osaka in the western Japan city of Osaka on Sept. 20, 2023.

Baseball players mourn players killed in WWII battlefields

Baseball players mourn players killed in WWII battlefields

Tomoya Mori of the Seibu Lions, Motohiro Shima of the Rakuten Eagles and Akihiro Higashide of the Hiroshima Carp (from L) visit the cenotaph, dedicated to Japanese professional baseball players who were sent to the battlefields of World War II and never returned, to pay floral tributes on July 17, 2015, near Tokyo Dome. (Pool photo by Tokyo Chunichi Sports) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Japan All-Star series

Baseball: Japan All-Star series

Tomoya Mori of the Seibu Lions hits a two-run home run for the Pacific League in the second inning of Game 1 of the two-game Japan All-Star baseball series at Tokyo Dome on July 12, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Japan All-Star series

Baseball: Japan All-Star series

Tomoya Mori of the Seibu Lions hits a two-run home run for the Pacific League in the second inning of Game 1 of the two-game Japan All-Star baseball series at Tokyo Dome on July 12, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Japan All-Star series

Baseball: Japan All-Star series

Tomoya Mori of the Seibu Lions hits a two-run home run for the Pacific League in the second inning of Game 1 of the two-game Japan All-Star baseball series at Tokyo Dome on July 12, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: 2019 MVPs in Japan

Baseball: 2019 MVPs in Japan

Yomiuri Giants shortstop Hayato Sakamoto (L) and Seibu Lions catcher Tomoya Mori shake hands in Tokyo after being named the Most Valuable Players of the Central League and the Pacific League, respectively, on Nov. 26, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: 2019 MVPs in Japan

Baseball: 2019 MVPs in Japan

Yomiuri Giants shortstop Hayato Sakamoto (L) and Seibu Lions catcher Tomoya Mori shake hands in Tokyo after being named the Most Valuable Players of the Central League and the Pacific League, respectively, on Nov. 26, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo