◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Rakuten vs. Orix Buffaloes (16th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Orix Buffaloes has rearranged its cleanup hitters. For the past two games, the lineup had been Nishikawa-Moritomo-Ota, but it has been changed to Nishikawa-Ota-Moritomo. Ota will be batting fourth for the first time in three games. The starting pitcher will be Hiroshi, who has been a relief pitcher, following Katayama on the 15th. They have struggled at Rakuten Eagles Mobile's Saikyo Park Miyagi since the start of the season, with 5 losses in 5 games, so they will be hoping to get their first win by taking an early lead and holding on. starting line-up is as follows.

1 (Middle) Nakagawa

2 (1) Yamanaka

3 (Left) Nishikawa

4 (2) Ota

5 (D) Mori Tomo

6 (Play) Beni Hayashi

7 (Right) Kurita

8 (3) Sect

9 (captured) young month

Starting pitcher: Hiroshi