◆ Seibu Lions Pacific League: Seibu vs. Softbank Hawks (8th, Belluna Dome)

Currently on a three-game losing streak, Pacific League third-place Seibu Lions announced starting line-up, and Takeya Nakamura infielder (42) made the starting line-up for the second consecutive game as the No. 5 hitter, DH.

Tsuyoshi Nakamura was promoted to the first team for the first time this season on the 7th. He played the entire game as the cleanup hitter (DH), but ended up with 4 At Bat no hit—including two consecutive struck out—and reflected, “I’m frustrated that I couldn’t hit, and I’m also frustrated that we lost."Next time, I’ll do my best to deliver solid results and live up to that support," he reflected. On this day, he dropped one spot in the batting order and entered the lineup as the No. 5 batter at starting line-up.

infielder Natsuo Takizawa (22), who had been absent from the bench the previous day, the 7th, due to muscle stiffness, returned to starting line-up for the first time in two games, playing as the leadoff hitter and second baseman. An-Ko Lin was batting fourth.

starting line-up for both teams are as follows:

[Softbank Hawks]

1 (1B) Masaki, 2 (CF) Shuto, 3 (DH) Kondo, 4 (3B) Kurihara, 5 (LF) Yanagida, 6 (2B) Makihara Dai, 7 (SS) Kawase, 8 (RF) Tanigawara, 9 (C) Watanabe, Pitcher: Kamichatani (Right-handed)

[Seibu Lions]

1 (2B) Takizawa, 2 (C) Kojima, 3 (1B) Nevin, 4 (LF) An-Ko Lin, 5 (DH) Nakamura Tsuyoshi, 6 (RF) Hirasawa, 7 (3B) Watanabe, 8 (SS) Genda, 9 (CF) Kishi, P - Sumida (Left)