The 17th game between Tohoku Rakuten and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham will be held at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi from 1:00 p.m. on July 21st.

[Match results] Tohoku Rakuten (5th place) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (1st place) 3 wins, 12 losses, 1 draw

[Scheduled starting pitchers]
Tohoku Rakuten: pitcher Ryota Takinaka: 4 wins, 5 losses in 10 games, ERA 3.04
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham pitcher Haruki Hosono 2 wins, 1 loss in 5 games, ERA 1.82

The starting pitcher for Tohoku Rakuten is Ryota Takinaka. In his last appearance (12th against Fukuoka Softbank) he threw 112 pitches in 9 innings, giving up 4 hit, no Hit by Pitch and no runs, marking his first shutout game win as a pro. In his last match against Hokkaido Nippon-Ham on the 5th he gave up 9 hit and 5 runs in the middle of the 4th inning, but will he be able to use the momentum from his shutout game win to get revenge? In the batting lineup, Rui Muneyama Muneta has been showing great form, getting multiple hit in two consecutive games.

On the other hand, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 's Reyes had a batting average of .349 in the game against Tohoku Rakuten. In the previous match against pitcher Takinaka, he recorded 2 hit 1 RBI. He hopes to show his good chemistry in this game as well. Starting pitcher Haruki Hosono gave up 2 hit and 1 runs in 6.1 innings in the previous match on the 5th. Will he be able to celebrate his 3rd consecutive win?

Written by Yokazu Sonoda

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