From 2 p.m. on August 30th, the 22nd round of Hokkaido Nippon-Ham vs. Tohoku Rakuten will be held on ES CON FIELD.

【Head-to-Head Record】Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (2nd) vs. Tohoku Rakuten (4th place) 16 wins, 4 losses, 1 draw

【Advance Starter】
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham: Takayuki Kato pitcher 8 wins 5 losses in 16 matches, ERA 3.13
Tohoku Rakuten: Masaru Fujii pitcher 5 wins 5 losses in 17 matches, ERA 3.12

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham will be promoted to the starting mound in 13 days with Takayuki Kato pitcher. In his last appearance against Tohoku Rakuten on the 16th, he threw 6 innings and was hit by 8 hit, but runs only scored 2 runs with 2 solo runs. Both Home Run were hit by Franco, who batted .304 in August and​ went 20 At Bat 6 hit 1 Home Run in his last six games. We want to closer a good batter and bring win to a team that is chasing the leader by one game.

On the other hand, Tohoku Rakuten 's preview start is Masaru Fujii pitcher. Last time, he started in Game Orix on the 23rd, but immediately after taking the lead, he was hit by 5 consecutive hits in the top of the 2nd inning immediately after taking the lead, and left the mound in 1.0 innings, 8 hit 3 runs. "I'm sorry to the people of fielder," he said with frustration. Also, in the previous match against Hokkaido Nippon-Ham on July 6, he was hit with 1.1 innings 6 hit 6 runs, so he will take revenge in this appearance.

・ Pacific League standings /individual results