◆ Pacific League: Seibu Lions vs. Nippon-Ham (25th, Belluna Dome)

The Seibu Lions, currently in second place in the Pacific League and trailing the first-place Softbank Hawks by 5.5 games, announced their starting line-up for the game against the third-place Nippon-Ham at Belluna Dome, featuring three players who were promoted to the top team today.

Before the game on this day, three players—outfielder Masayuki Kuwahara (33), outfielder An-Ko Lin (29), and outfielder Seiya Watanabe (23)—were registered to the active roster. Kuwahara, returning for the first time in about a month and a half from a left oblique strain, was in the lineup batting first and playing center field. An-Ko Lin, returning for the first time in about two weeks from left knee pain, was batting fourth and playing left field. Watanabe, who had been sidelined since the 9th with a "left orbital floor fracture," was batting seventh and playing third base.

The starting pitchers for both teams that day were Hiromi Ito (28) pitcher Nippon-Ham and Kaima Taira (26) pitcher Seibu Lions. Two of the team's top right-handed pitchers will face off. starting line-up for both teams are as follows.

[Nippon-Ham] (Batting first)

1 (2B) Narama, 2 (1B) Kiyomiya, 3 (DH) Reyes, 4 (CF) Castro, 5 (3B) Arizono, 6 (SS) Otsuka, 7 (LF) Mizutani, 8 (RF) Asama, 9 (C) Tamiya, P: Ito (R)

[Seibu Lions] (Batting second)

1 (CF) Kuwahara, 2 (C) Kojima, 3 (DH) Nevin, 4 (LF) An-Ko Lin, 5 (RF) Canario, 6 (1B) Kishi, 7 (3B) Watanabe, 8 (SS) Genda, 9 (2B) Nakada, P: Taira (R)