◆ Pacific League: Rakuten Eagles vs. Seibu Lions (25th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)
Rakuten Eagles 's pitcher Kenta Maeda (38) started the game against Seibu Lions.
He got off to a good start in the first inning. He retired the leadoff batter, Canario, with a 151 km/h fastball for a fly ball to right field, and then struck out out Hasegawa swinging with splitter with two outs. He started the inning without giving up any runs.
Kenta Maeda returned to NPB after 11 years. Prior to this game, he had appeared in 6 games with a record of 0 wins and 3 losses and an ERA of 4.56.
If they secure a victory, it will be their Chunichi Dragons on October 2, 2015 (at Mazda Stadium).
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![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Seibu Lions](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Kenta Kenta Maeda to start in pursuit of first win of the season; will the seventh time be the charm? Daisuke Nakashima promoted and immediately put in starting line-up in an attempt to achieve a third consecutive win.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/06/25/20260625-OHT1I51383-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Daisuke Nakashima promoted to the first team. He has struggled this season with a batting average of .217 and only one Home Run. He will be adjusting in the farm team from the 14th.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/06/25/20260625-OHT1I51347-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Naoto Nishiguchi returns to action after 3 months away due to poor physical condition. He threw a fastball at 149 km/h and runs 1 run in 1 inning.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/06/25/20260625-OHT1I51339-L.jpg)
