◆Exhibition game: Rakuten Eagles vs. Nippon-Ham (12th, Shizuoka)

Rakuten Eagles 's catcher, Hikaru Ito, who joined starting line-up in a preseason game. Naoto Nishiguchi will be the starting pitcher. Rakuten Eagles 's starting line-up is as follows:

1 (2) Kofukuda

2 (Left) Gonzalez

3 (3) Kurokawa

4 (Right) McCusker

5 (1) Suzuki

6 (center) Nakajima

7 (finger) Asamura

8 (Play) Sozan

9 (C) Hikaru Ito

pitcher Nishiguchi