☆Lotte vs. Seibu Lions (18:00, ZOZO Marine Stadium) Lotte: Kojima, Seibu Lions: Taira

Lotte's Kojima has innings pitched total of 991 2/3 innings. He is just 8 1/3 innings away from reaching the milestone of 1000 innings.

To date, 373 pitcher have achieved over 1,000 innings pitched pitched. If Kojima reaches 1,000 innings while playing for the Lotte Marines since his rookie year, he will be the 24th player to do so.

The team has a total of 18 wins against Seibu Lions, including a 13-game winning streak from 2022 to 2025. This is the most wins against any single opponent, far surpassing their 12 wins against Rakuten Eagles, so attention is focused not only on the number of wins but also on achieving 1000 wins against them.

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☆DeNA vs. Hanshin Tigers (17:45, Yokohama) DeNA = Ogata, Hanshin Tigers = Murakami

☆ Chunichi vs. Yakult (18:00, Vantelin Dome) Chunichi: Ohno, Yakult: Yoshimura

☆Hiroshima vs. The Giants (18:00, Mazda Stadium) Hiroshima: Kuribayashi, The Giants: Yamazaki

☆ Softbank Hawks vs. Nippon-Ham (18:00, Kyocera Dome Osaka) Softbank Hawks: Uwasawa, Nippon-Ham: Ito

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