☆ Nippon-Ham vs. Softbank Hawks (13:00, ES CON FIELD) Nippon-Ham: Takashi Kato, Softbank Hawks: Stewart

Nippon-Ham lost 2-4 on the 13th, bringing their season record against Softbank Hawks to 1 win and 11 losses. Looking to bounce back, Takashi Kato, who has a league-leading 9 wins (1 loss) so far, will start on the 15th. If they win, they will be the first in Pacific League to reach 10 wins. Kato's personal best of 10 wins was in 2024, so a win would tie that record.

The first time Nippon-Ham pitcher has achieved 10 wins in the league was in the past.

Year Pitcher (lose)

61. Osamu Kubota (2)

62 Yukio Ozaki (3)

63. Yozo Ishikawa (5)

65 Yukio Ozaki (6)

79 Naoki Takahashi (2)

82. Mikio Kudo (3)

89. Yukihiro Nishizaki (3)

92 Akito Kanaishi (3)

96. Yukihiro Nishizaki (1)

97 Gross (5)

98. Tsutomu Iwamoto (4)

09 Yu Darvish (2)

11. Yu Darvish (2)

15. Shohei Ohtani (1)

16. Kohei Arihara (3)

19. Kohei Arihara (4)

25. Hiroshi Ito (5)

Thirteen players have been the first to achieve this feat 17 times within the team. Will Takashi Kato become the 14th player and 18th overall to be the first to reach 10 wins for Nippon-Ham?

(Other cards)

☆ Yakult vs. The Giants (18:00, Jingu Stadium) Yakult: Okugawa, The Giants: Nishidate

☆ Chunichi vs. Hanshin Tigers (18:00, Vantelin Dome) Chunichi = Nakanishi, Hanshin Tigers = Imasa Maru

☆Hiroshima vs. DeNA (18:00, Mazda Stadium) Hiroshima: Saito Yu, DeNA: Higashi

☆ Rakuten Eagles vs. Orix Buffaloes (18:00, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi) Rakuten Eagles: Kenta Maeda, Orix Buffaloes: Katayama

☆ Seibu Lions vs. Lotte (18:00, Belluna Dome) Seibu Lions: Sou Sato, Lotte: Kawamura

※ Match card (start time, stadium) and starting pitcher order