On June 13th at 2 PM, the second game of the "Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026" between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Hiroshima will be held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi.

[Head-to-head record] Tohoku Rakuten Eagles (Pacific League, 6th place) vs. Hiroshima (Central League, 5th place): 1 win, 0 losses

[Announced Starting Pitcher]
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles: Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher 8 games, 3 wins, 2 losses, 2.13 ERA
Hiroshima: pitcher Masato Morishita, 10 games, 4 wins, 5 losses, ERA 4.53

pitcher pitcher 　Takahisa Hayakawa and Masato Morishita also had a great showdown at Mazda Stadium on June 20th last season. On that occasion, pitcher pitched brilliantly, allowing only 6 hits and striking strike out 8 hit through 8 innings without runs, and was the win pitcher. He has had a tough mound in this season's interleague games, but will he be able to pitch as well as he did last year?

The batting lineup has been in good form since McCusker joined the first team. In the game The Giants on the 11th, he batted fourth for the first time since March, hitting his third home run of the season (a three-run homer) and recording four RBI, helping to stop the team's losing streak. He will be looking to provide support for pitcher Hayakawa again this time and help secure win.

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa