The 10th game of the season between Chiba Lotte Marines and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles will be held at Zozo Marine Stadium on June 20th at 6 PM.

[Head-to-head record] Chiba Lotte Marines (5th place) vs. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles (6th place): 6 wins, 3 losses

[Announced Starting Pitcher]
Chiba Lotte Marines: Kazuya Ojima pitcher 7 games, 2 wins, 4 losses, ERA 2.57
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles: Takayuki Kishi pitcher, 1 win, 2 losses in 3 games, ERA 3.18

Chiba Lotte Marines will start the in-form pitcher Kazuya Ojima. He has started five games since May, pitching a total of 33.2 innings with only 7 earned runs and ERA of 1.87, recording 4 quality starts, demonstrating consistent performance. In their previous encounter on May 22nd against Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, pitcher win by pitching 7 innings, throwing 103 pitches, hit 4 hits, 3 Walk, strike out only 1 runs. He is in good form and will be looking to ride the momentum of his team, which now has a positive win-loss record of 1.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles will be looking to stop their losing streak with pitcher Takayuki Kishi. In his last start (on the 12th against Hiroshima), he threw 109 pitches over 7 innings, allowing 5 hit, 4 Walk, strike out 5, and runs. He achieved a Quality Start and became the 14th player in NPB history to win for 20 consecutive years. This will be his first start of the season in the league, and we can expect a good performance from the veteran right-hander who has spent his entire career in Pacific League.

Written by Ao Yokoyama