 He could not pitch in the event due to a blister on his finger but wound up starring as a DH.In Game 1, he batted for DH Yuya Hasegawa and lined out in the 8th against Scott Mathieson.Starting at DH and hitting 5th in Game 2, he homered off Shoichi Ino in the 5th to start the PL comeback from a 3–0 deficit.