On June 14th at 1:00 PM, the third 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, 1 loss

[Announced Starting Pitcher]
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles: pitcher Masaru Fujii: 5 games, 1 win, 2 losses, ERA 3.16
Hiroshima: Shun Okamoto (pitcher 10 games, 4 wins, 3 losses, ERA 2.63

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starting pitcher is Masaru Fujii. His appearance at Koshien was canceled due to rain, so this will be his first appearance in two weeks since his last appearance (May 31st against Tokyo Yakult). In last year's game against Hiroshima, he was the losing pitcher, giving up 3 runs in 5 innings. Will this be his chance for lose after a year?

Keep an eye on Ryuya Taira in the batting lineup. In the previous day's game, where the team suffered shutout game loss, he showed his presence with one hit and one stolen base base. Taira is having a great season with a batting average of .275 and Home Run. We can expect him to give the team momentum in this game as well.

Written by Yui Kayama