The countdown for 200 hits has begun.

His 192th hit in a single season delivered the team walk-off win against Saitama Seibu. He has already broken the team record in the 9th inning. It had by Munenori Kawasaki, 190 hits, but the walk-off hit extend the record again.

Yuya Hasegawa, Fukuoka SoftBank's outfielder, is closing to 200 hits in a single season. His total hits are now 192, and he aim to reach the "twenty-O" in 8 games. If he achieve it, it'll be the first time since Tsuyoshi Nishioka who did it in 2010. And the "200 hit club" will welcome 6th newcomer, after Ichiro, Norichika Aoki, Alex Ramirez, Matt Murton, and Tsuyoshi Nishioka.

In this year, Hasegawa has been experienced amazing season. His career high stats was in 2009 (143 games, 159 hits, 31 doubles, 3 triples, 7 home runs, 44 RBIs, 57 walks, and .312 BA), but he has already broken most of stats in this year (192 hits, 27 doubles, 6 triples, 19 home runs, 79 RBIs, 46 walks, and .345 BA, in 138 games).