On August 11th at 18:00, the 16th round match between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Orix Buffaloes will be held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile's strongest Park Miyagi.

[Head-to-head Record] Tohoku Rakuten Eagles (6th) vs. Orix Buffaloes (4th) 9 wins, 6 losses

[Announced Starting Lineup]
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles: Kosei Shoji pitcher 17 games, 5 wins, 8 losses, ERA 4.24
Orix Buffaloes: Alen Kuri pitcher 19 games, 7 wins, 7 losses, ERA 2.93

　Kosei Shoji pitcher and Alen Kuri pitcher faced off for the second consecutive week. The previous encounter on August 3 was an aerial duel with a total of 7 Home Run from both teams in a single match.

Shoji pitcher had a record of 6 innings, 6 hit 1 Walk 5 strike out 4 runs last inning. Up to this point, he had a 5-8 record of losses, but in his two appearances in late July, he pitched well with 2 runs over 7 innings each time. In the batting lineup, Rui Muneyama has hit Home Run in two consecutive games against pitcher Kuri.

Kuri pitcher was caught off the roof last time and gave up 6 runs through the second inning, but ultimately pitched all 6 innings. Also, in the game against Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, he pitched in 6 games this season and achieved QS in 5 games. In this game as well, he threw a long inning and can secure his first win of the second half. In the batting lineup, Kotaro Kobayashi was in good form with a .333 batting average in August. In the game on the 9th, he hit a timely doble that temporarily tied the game.