The 15th game between Orix Buffaloes and the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles will be held at Kyocera Dome Osaka on August 6th at 6 PM.

[Head-to-head record] Orix Buffaloes (4th place) vs. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles (6th place): 6 wins, 8 losses

[Announced Starting Pitcher]
Orix Buffaloes: pitcher Daiki Tajima, 11 games, 2 wins, 4 losses, ERA 7.04
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles: Takayuki Kishi pitcher 6 games, 2 wins, 3 losses, ERA 3.00

Orix Buffaloes 's pitcher, Daiki Tajima, will be making his first start since July 10th. In his most recent appearance with the first team (July 22nd against Fukuoka Softbank), he pitched in reliever but struggled, giving up 6 runs in 3 innings. However, in a farm team regular season on July 31st, he started and pitch 2 innings, allowing only 1 hit 1 hit by Hit by Pitch, strike out 2, and giving up no runs. Can he fulfill his role as a starter and secure his first win in about two months, since May 30th?

On the opposing side, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles will have pitcher Takayuki Kishi on the mound. In their previous encounter (June 27th), he pitched well, throwing 90 pitches over 7 innings, allowing only 3 hits, no hit, Walk strike out 3, and giving up only 1 runs, earning his second win of the season. In the batting lineup, keep an eye on Rui Muneyama. He joined the first team on July 3rd, but has struggled so far, with only 13 hits At Bat 68 hit for a batting average of .191. He'll be looking to improve his form from here on out.

Written by Aoi Nishijima