◆ Pacific League Rakuten (5th, Zozo Marine)
First-round draft infielder Rui Rui Muneyama will start as leadoff hitter and starting line-up for the third consecutive game. He is aiming for six consecutive hit since the start of the season. This will be his first appearance as a starter for the Yahoo!
starting line-up for both teams are as follows:
[Rakuten]
1 (shortstop) Muneyama, 2 (third base) Ito, 3 (right field) Ogo, 4 (left field) Abe, 5 (center field) Tatsumi, 6 (first base) Asamura, 7 (second base) Murabayashi, 8 (designated hitter) Franco, 9 (catcher) Ota, ▽ pitcher = Yahoo
[Lotte]
1 (right) Oka, 2 (left) Kakunaka, 3 (center) Takabe, 4 (first) Soto, 5 (designated hitter) Polanco, 6 (catcher) Sato, 7 (second) Fujioka, 8 (third) Ueda, 9 (shortstop) Ogawa, ▽ pitcher = Kojima
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・ [Lotte] First-round draft pick Misho Nishikawa fails to set a new team record, his consecutive hit since the start of the season come to an end at five.
・ [Lotte] Neftalí Soto hits his third solo RBI in the seventh inning, marking his fifth consecutive game with an RBI.
・ [Lotte] The third-year right-hander, a potential successor to Roki, was replaced after giving up 9 hit 2 runs in the 5th inning, failing to win his first start of the season.
