On August 27th at 18:00, the 21st round match between Orix Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles will be held on Kyocera Dome Osaka.

[Head-to-head Record] Orix Buffaloes (4th) vs. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles (6th) 9 wins, 11 losses

[Announced Starting Lineup]
Orix Buffaloes: Jerry pitcher 18 games, 3 wins, 7 losses, ERA 2.63
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles: Kenta Maeda pitcher 11 games, 3 wins, 4 losses, ERA 2.73

Orix Buffaloes starts Jerry pitcher. So far this month, he has pitched in three games, pitching a total of 19 inning with 5 runs (4 earned runs) and 1.89 ERA, consistently achieving QS and maintaining a stable pitch in all games. However, he has lacked support from the batting lineup and is currently on a four-game losing streak. Since June 23, he has been away from wins. He hopes to pitch well again in this game and catch his first win in about two months.

The starting pitcher for Tohoku Rakuten Eagles was Kenta Maeda pitcher. In their previous encounter on the 12th, they pitched 7 innings with 103 pitches, 7 hit 1 Walk, 4 strike out, and 2 runs, achieving 100 career NPB wins and becoming the 145th player in history. The lineup is focused on Po Hsiang Yang, who was promoted to the first team for the second time this season on the 25th. starting line-up Although he finished 2 At Bat hit in his previous game, in his second year this season, he has played 63 games in the minor league and posted an impressive .292 batting average, so we look forward to his performance in the first team.

Text by Aoi Nishijima