[Orix Buffaloes] Haruto Watanabe, returning from a lower body injury, will bat 9th and play center field. Kenya Wakatsuki will start on the bench for the first time in 22 games.

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Haruto Watanabe preparing before the match (Photo by Daisuke Iwata)

◆ Pacific League: Orix Buffaloes vs. Rakuten Eagles (28th, Hotto Motto Kobe)

Orix Buffaloes, who want to avoid their third four-game losing streak this season, saw Haruto Watanabe outfielder join the starting line-up as the 'center fielder' batting ninth. He returned from poor lower body condition and made his first start since the game against The Giants on the 3rd (Tokyo Dome). catcher Fukunaga came in, and Wakatsuki started on the bench for the first time in 22 games.

[Orix Buffaloes]

1st batter, first baseman: Yamanaka

Number 2, second baseman Ota

Number 3, left fielder Nishikawa

Number 4, right fielder Nakagawa

5th batter, DH: Moritomo

Number 6, third baseman Mune

Number 7, shortstop Kurebayashi

Number 8, catcher Fukunaga

Number 9, center fielder Watanabe

pitcher kuri

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[Orix Buffaloes] Haruto Watanabe, returning from a lower body injury, will bat 9th and play center field. Kenya Wakatsuki will start on the bench for the first time in 22 games.