Yoshiyuki Kamei doesn’t actually hit a walk-off, or otherwise huge, home run every time he steps up to the plate — it just feels that way sometimes.
Kamei connected on another one in his very first at-bat of the 2021 season to beat the Yokohama BayStars at Tokyo Dome on Friday night.
Just minutes after the Yomiuri Giants blew a two-run lead in the top of the ninth inning, Kamei led off the bottom half by sending Kazuki Mishima’s third pitch hurtling toward the seats in right field as his teammates spilled out of the dugout to celebrate an 8-7 victory.