◆Pre-season game Rakuten Eagles vs. DeNA (7th, Shizuoka)

Rakuten Eagles will play an exhibition game against DeNA in Kusanagi, Shizuoka on the 7th. Starting pitcher will be Kenta Maeda who will be taking mound for the first time since February 22nd. Third-year pro infielder Takumi Aono will make his first appearance in a first-team exhibition game as the "number 7 batter and first baseman". The game starts at 1pm. The starting lineup is as follows.

1 (middle) Nakajima

2 (Left) McCusker

3 (3) Kurokawa

4 (Finger) Voight

5 (2) Murabayashi

6 (Play) Sozan

7 (1) Aono

8 (Right) Hirara

9 (catcher) Ota

(Pitcher) Maeda