◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026: Hiroshima vs. Nippon-Ham (June 16th, Mazda Stadium)

Nippon-Ham will face Hiroshima in their final game of the interleague series, aiming for their first championship in 19 years since 2007. To win the championship, Seibu Lions will lose to Hanshin Tigers and Nippon Ham will need win by a margin of 5 runs or more. Their star slugger, Reyes, will not accompany the team on the road trip to Hiroshima, considering the burden of travel. Manager Shinjo said, "We're having More (Reyes) ice his heel and get treatment. If something happens in the second half while he's playing in the field, we'll call him if there's a Anywhere Door." He indicated that they will not push their star slugger, who has been having trouble with his heel, too hard. Nomura will bat fourth. starting line-up is as follows.

1 (Shortstop) Mizuno

2 (center) Yazawa

3 (Left) Mizutani

4 (3B) Nomura

5 (2) Otsuka

6 (Right) Manami

7 (1) Kiyomiya Yuki

8 (Catcher) Shindo

9 (Throw) Kitayama