The sixth game between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Saitama Seibu will be held at ES CON FIELD from 1:00 p.m. on April 13th.

[Match results] Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (2nd place) vs Saitama Seibu (5th place) 4 wins, 1 loss

[Scheduled starting pitchers]
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham pitcher: Verhagen, 2 games, 1 win, 1 loss, ERA 5.73
Saitama Seibu: pitcher Yutaro Watanabe 2 games, 0 wins, 1 loss, ERA 5.56

The starting pitcher for Hokkaido Nippon-Ham is Verhagen. He win first game of the season on March 30th against Saitama Seibu. In his last game (on the 6th against Orix) he was supported from the first inning, but he gave up 7 hit 1 Walk, 5 strike out and 5 runs in the 6th inning, and missed out on a win. Will he be able to show a tighter pitch in this game?

pitcher Yutaro Watanabe is scheduled to start for Saitama Seibu. In his last appearance (6th vs. Fukuoka Softbank) he gave up 8 hit (5 earned runs Walk runs this game, he hopes pitch as steadily as he did in the exhibition games and grab both his first win of the season and the team's series victory.

Text by Aoi Nemoto

・ Pacific League standings /individual results