◆ Pacific League: Rakuten Eagles vs. Seibu Lions (21st, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)
Rakuten Eagles-Seibu Lions game, which was scheduled to start at 6 PM, was delayed due to rain.
It wasn't raining during pre-game practice, but it started raining after 5 PM.
The starting pitcher for that game is scheduled to be Ryota Takinaka. All eyes will be on the right-pitch, who has been consistently pitch well this season.
Below is Rakuten Eagles 's starting line-up.
[Rakuten Eagles]
First baseman and right fielder Nakajima
Number 2, Center Fielder: Tatsumi
Number 3, Shortstop: Muneyama
4th batter, left fielder McCusker
5th batter, third baseman Murabayashi
Number 6, DH: YG Yasuda
Number 7, First Baseman: Kurokawa
Number 8, catcher Horiuchi
Number 9, Second Baseman: Shigenaga
pitcher Takinaka
![[Photo] Can you see? Ryosuke Tatsumi makes a pinch-hitting appearance with his secret weapon, "Rakuten Eagles Card Glasses."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/28/20260728-OHT1I51487-C.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Seibu Lions](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Itsuki Murabayashi rallies with a timely single to left field, fueled by the entrance music of Takero Okajima, who has announced his retirement.](https://hochi.news/images/2025/09/21/20250921-OHT1I51176-L.jpg)
![[Seibu Lions] Tyler Nevin returns after 9 games as "number 4 hitter and designated hitter" Shinya Hasegawa, who is second in the league in batting average, will be "number 3 hitter and center fielder"... Starting starting line-up the game against Rakuten Eagles](https://hochi.news/images/2026/06/25/20260625-OHT1I51390-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] McCusker promoted to the starting line-up immediately as "number 7, left fielder" with Itsuki Murabayashi Murabayashi batting 3rd. Can they celebrate manager Hajime Miki's birthday with a win?](https://hochi.news/images/2026/04/25/20260425-OHT1I51203-L.jpg)
