The 11th game between the Saitama Seibu Lions and Chiba Lotte Marines will be held at the Saitama Prefectural Omiya Park ball park starting at 6 PM on May 20th.

[Head-to-head record] Saitama Seibu Lions (1st place) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (6th place): 6 wins, 4 losses, 0 draws

[Announced Starting Pitcher]
Saitama Seibu Lions: pitcher Shinya Sugai 6 games, 2 wins, 2 losses, ERA 3.45
Chiba Lotte Marines: pitcher Kaito Mori 6 games, 2 wins, 2 losses, ERA 4.35

Saitama Seibu Lions 's starting pitcher, Shinya Sugai, will be making his first appearance against Chiba Lotte Marines this season. In his last two games, closer them to two runs or less in both games and is currently on a two-game winning streak, so expectations are high for pitch in this game as well. In the batting lineup, Manaya Nishikawa, who hit a game-tying solo home run in the previous game, recorded two hits in three At Bat hit against opposing starting pitcher Kaito Mori in their last encounter (May 3rd).

Chiba Lotte Marines 's starting pitcher will be Kaito Mori. This season, he has started two games against Saitama Seibu Lions, runs a total of 12 inning. He has won both games, and in their previous encounter (May 3rd), he achieved a quality start (HQS) with 7 innings pitched, 103 pitches, 6 hit 1 Walk 3 strike out no runs allowed. In the batting lineup, we should keep an eye on Ryusei Terachi, who had 2 hit and 2 RBI in the same matchup held at Saitama Prefectural Omiya Park ball park on April 10th.

Written by Ryo Aritake