On June 18th, three farm team regular season will be held, hosted by Pacific League League teams.

YG Yasuda hit in 7 consecutive games, and Shion Otsubo RBI 2 consecutive games.

The 8th game between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and the Yomiuri The Giants will be held at Shinrindori Stadium Izumi starting at 12:30.

[Season Series Record] Tohoku Rakuten Eagles (East 1st Place) vs. The Giants (Central 1st Place): 3 wins, 4 losses

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's YG Yasuda is currently on a seven-game hit. In the previous game (on the 17th against The Giants), he hit his fourth home run of the season, his first in three games. In June, he has 12 At Bat 36 hit over 10 games, for a batting average of .333, including 4 extra-base hits, showcasing his strengths as a hitter.

Additionally, rookie Shion Otsubo, the second pick in the developmental draft, RBI in two consecutive games. In the first game of this series, he hit a game-tying RBI single, and in the previous game, with no outs and runners on first and third, he hit an RBI single that gave the team their first run. Can he showcase his clutch hitting ability again today in order to be registered as a regular player?

Kobayashi Juto, who joined the team in May, is scheduled to start.

The 19th game between Fukuoka Softbank and Orix Buffaloes will be held at Tamahome Stadium Chikugo starting at 13:00.

[Season Series Record] Fukuoka Softbank (Western League 2nd place) vs. Orix Buffaloes (Western League 1st place): 10 wins, 8 losses

Fukuoka Softbank, currently on a four-game winning streak, is scheduled to start pitcher Kobayashi Juto. In his last start (against Hiroshima on the 6th), he gave up 9 hits, 4 hit Hit by Pitch, and 4 runs (3 earned runs) in 6 innings, suffering his second loss of the season. pitcher who played for Hiroshima until last season and joined Fukuoka Softbank in May of this year, is in his sixth year as a professional. He will be hoping to secure his first win of the season in a farm team regular season and take steps towards being added to the main roster.

On the other hand, Orix Buffaloes is keeping an eye on Seymour. He struggled in 37 games with the first team, batting .169 with Home Run, and was removed from the roster on May 25th. Since then, he has played in 11 games with the second team, batting .195 with 8 hit At Bat 41 at-bats. Can he adapt to Japanese baseball and become a valuable asset to the first team from summer onwards?

Will the rookie players on both teams continue to hit home runs?

The Fighters The fourth game of the series between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Saitama Seibu Lions will take place at Kamagaya Stadium starting at 1:00 PM.

[Season Series Record] Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (2nd in East) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (3rd in Central): 2 wins, 1 loss

This series has been a slugfest through the first two games. In the game on the 17th, a player from the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Kane Edokpolo hit a two-run homer—his 13th of the season, leading the East Division. In the bottom of the 4th inning, with his team up by three runs, he swung hard at the first pitch and sent a powerful line drive into left field.

Meanwhile, Saitama Seibu Lions has Sowa Yokota has maintained a .300 batting average in three consecutive hit games. He’s a high-school graduate rookie who’s been making headlines after hitting his first farm league home run off Hiroto Takahashi pitcher in the game on the 14th Chunichi.

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