The 12th round of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham vs. Orix will be played on May 15 at 1:00 p.m. at ES CON FIELD.

The winner will be Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (1st place) vs. Orix (2nd place), 4-6-1.

Preliminary Round
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham: Haruki Hosono pitcher 7 games, 2-1, ERA 2.10 (2-0 record)
Orix：Naruki Teranishi pitcher 7 games, 1-3, ERA 2.86 (2.86) (2nd place)

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Ha, Haruki Hosono pitcher made his first start of the season. Last season, he pitched in two games for the Ichigun, going 4.1 innings 1 runs and 5.0 innings 3 runs with no wins or losses in either case. This season, he has made seven starts for the National League, and on April 23, he pitched the longest inning hit of six innings, allowing just one hit. Can he make his first professional appearance win in his first start of the season? As for the batting lineup, Ryota Isobata In the batting lineup, the first four players have recorded hit in four consecutive games.

On the other hand, Orix 's starter is Dora 2 rookie Naruki Teranishi pitcher On the other hand, the starter of is a rookie from Dora 2. He joined Orix from the Japan University of Health and Sport Sciences and made his first appearance in an open game on March 8, but was lose pitcher in 3 hit 1 runs (earned runs 0) innings in the second inning. Since then, he has pitched in seven games as a starter for the second team and has a record of ERA 2.86. It will be interesting to see if he can pitch well in his first professional appearance.

Text: Yohkazu Sonoda

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