Munetaka Murakami saw himself hitting a home run in a dream before Tuesday night's game against the Chunichi Dragons.
He turned that dream into reality in his very first at-bat of the game. Then, he went deep again in his next trip to the plate. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger is so hot in real life, his dreams can't even keep up.
Murakami led the Swallows to a win over the Hanshin Tigers with home runs in his final three plate appearances on Sunday night at Koshien Stadium. He kept rolling against the Dragons back home at Jingu Stadium on Tuesday, hitting home runs in his first two at-bats and becoming the first player in NPB history to hit home runs in five consecutive plate appearances.