◆ Pacific League Softbank vs. Rakuten (17th, Mizuho PayPay)

[Rakuten]

1 (shortstop) Murabayashi, 2 (left field) Komori, 3 (first base) Abe, 4 (third base) Franco, 5 (centre field) Tatsumi, 6 (designated hitter) Asamura, 7 (catcher) Horiuchi, 8 (right field) Nakajima, 9 (second base) Kofukuda, ▽ pitcher = infielder

[Softbank]

1 (shortstop) Nomura, 2 (centre) Sato Nao, 3 (third base) Kurihara, 4 (designated hitter) Nakamura, 5 (right field) Yanagimachi, 6 (left field) Akihiro, 7 (first base) Yamakawa, 8 (catcher) Minei, 9 (second base) Makihara Dai, ▽ pitcher = Ozeki

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