◆ Pacific League: Seibu Lions vs. Softbank Hawks (April 4th, Belluna Dome)

Softbank Hawks of starting line-up was announced. Hit by Pitch in the 1st Rakuten Eagles game (Mizuho Peipay) and was diagnosed with a right knee bone contusion, Yuki Yanagita outfielder was out of starting line-up three consecutive games. Nevertheless, before the game, he resumed free hitting outdoors, which he did not do on the 2nd and 3rd Rakuten Eagles games (Mizuho Peipay). He prepared for his appearance by hitting in place of others.

He has not improved his batting average to .182 so far Hotaka Yamakawa infielder and is also starting on the bench for the first time this season. The starter mound will be Hsu Jo-Hsi (Xu Ruoxi) pitcher who is making his first start in 16 days.

The following is Softbank Hawks 's starting line-up.

1 (Central) Shuto

2 (left) Kondo

3 (2) Makihara Dai

4 (1) Kurihara

5 (Right) Yanagimachi

6 (Shortstop) Imamiya

7 (Finger) Akira Nakamura

8 (3B) Nomura

9 (catcher) Umino

(Throw) Xu