From 6 p.m. on April 9th, the third round of Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham will be held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile's strongest park Miyagi.

【Head-to-Head Record】Tohoku Rakuten Eagles (4th place) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (2nd place tie) 1 win 1 loss

【Advance Starter】
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles: Ureña pitcher 0 wins 0 losses 1 match, ERA 3.60
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham: Takayuki Kato pitcher 1 match 1 win 0 losses, ERA 0.00

Starter Ureña pitcher showed pitch to make the game 2-runs in 5 innings in the Fukuoka Softbank game of his last appearance. In this game, he threw an even longer inning and will be win for the first time in Japan. In the batting lineup, I would like to expect Voight and Itsuki Murabayashi, who have hit Home Run since Takayuki Kato pitcher last season.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 's starter, Takayuki Kato pitcher, got his first win of the season with a good pitch of 96 pitches, 4 hit walks, and Hit by Pitch 5 strike out runs in 6 innings (2nd, Chiba Lotte Marines game). In this game as well, I want to lead the team to a card victory with good pitching. The batting line suffered from being blocked by only 1 hit in the previous game, but can they show the destructive power of the team's total of 23 Home Run (as of before the game) against the helper right-hander in the first match?

Text: Haruichi Nakagawa