Baseball: Okamoto slugs 32nd homer for Blue Jays rookie record 85th RBI
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Kazuma Okamoto hit his 32nd home run and set the Toronto Blue Jays rookie record with 85 RBIs Sunday in their 8-1 clobbering of th
On Sunday, Kazuma Okamoto of the Toronto Blue Jays achieved a remarkable milestone in Major League Baseball, hitting his 32nd home run and setting the rookie record for RBIs with 85. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 8-1, with George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. each contributing a solo home run in the fifth inning.
Okamoto's powerful blast off Trevor Rogers was particularly noteworthy, coming on a full-count four-seam fastball that sailed into the left-field stands and extended his lead to 4-1. This achievement surpassed the previous record of 31 home runs set by former New York Yankees player Hideki Matsui, who played for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan.
Okamoto now shares this record with Seiya Suzuki, who also played for the Chicago Cubs the previous season. Additionally, Okamoto has been in impressive form, hitting four home runs in the past six games and batting .325 in September as the Blue Jays aim for the final American League Wild Card spot, trailing the Cleveland Guardians by a single game.
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