On July 19th at 6 PM, the 15th game between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Saitama Seibu Lions will be held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi.

[Head-to-head record] Tohoku Rakuten Eagles (6th place) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (2nd place): 7 wins, 6 losses, 1 draw

[Announced Starting Pitcher]
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles: pitcher Urena has a record of 2 wins and 3 losses in 9 games, ERA of 4.64.
Saitama Seibu Lions: pitcher Kosei Takahashi, 14 games, 7 wins, 4 losses, 2.31 ERA (5th place)

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, currently on a four-game winning streak, will entrust mound to pitcher Urena. Having returned to the lineup after recovering from a lower body strain, his last start (on the 11th against Fukuoka Softbank) was his first in the first team in about a month and a half, but he gave up 9 hit, 6 Walk 7 runs in 4 innings, failing to ERA in 6 starts and 27.2 inning pitched, and bring the team its first five-game winning streak of the season.

On the opposing side, Saitama Seibu Lions 's starting pitcher Kosei Takahashi, who has been struggling to pitch since the beginning of July. In both of his previous starts, he failed to complete five innings, giving up 11 runs in a total of 7.1 inning. We hope he can find a way to regain his form in this first matchup of the season against Tohoku Rakuten Eagles. As for the batting lineup, first-round draft pick rookie Taiga Kojima has a combined record of 3 At Bat in 6 at-hit against pitcher Urena. Can he lead the team both offensively and defensively?

Written by Ao Yokoyama