Takeya "Okawari-kun" Nakamura was named the Pacific League hitting MVP for August on Tuesday afternoon. This is the second time he has won a monthly MVP award and his first since July of 2015.
Nakamura, who turned 35 last month, had a .319 batting average which had 29 hits while hitting 12 home runs and 26 RBIs in the month of August. He also tied a Pacific League record for six consecutive games with a HR, one shy of the NPB record where Sadaharu Oh hit seven.
This is only the third Lions monthly MVP Award in the 2018 season. Previously, Shinsaburo Tawata and Hotaka Yamakawa were named the Pacific League pitcher and hitter MVPs respectively for the month of April.
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Other August MVP Winners:
P Kodai Senga (Softbank Hawks): 4-0, 31.1 IP, 37K, 0.86 ERA
1B Dayan Viciedo (Chunichi Dragons): .465, 7 HR, 24 RBI,
P Geronimo Franzua (Hiroshima Carp): 17.2 IP, 0-1, 1 Save, 0.51 ERA, 19 K.
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