The fourth round match between Tohoku Rakuten and Fukuoka Softbank will be held at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi from 6:00 p.m. on April 25th.

[Match results] Tohoku Rakuten (tied for 2nd place) vs. Fukuoka Softbank (6th place) 3 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws

[Scheduled starting pitchers]
Tohoku Rakuten: pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa: 4 games, 1 win, 2 losses, ERA 2.45
Fukuoka Softbank: pitcher Kohei Arihara: 0 wins, 3 losses in 4 games, ERA 6.38

Tohoku Rakuten, who are on a four-game winning streak, will start with pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa. In his last appearance (18th against Chiba Lotte), he pitched well, pitching 111 pitches in 7 innings, giving up 3 hit, 1 Walk, 6 strike out 1 runs, but he ended up being the lose pitcher. He will continue to play the game and wait for the batting line to support him. In that batting line, Hideto Asamura is on Home Run streak for the second game in a row. He has been steadily improving, having hit 3 hit in the previous game.

The starting pitcher for Fukuoka Softbank is Kohei Arihara. He has had a tough pitch since the opening game, but in his last appearance (18th against Saitama Seibu) he pitched well, pitching 101 pitches in 7 innings, giving up 8 hit, 1 Walk, 3 strike out 2 runs (1 earned runs). Will they be able to get their first win of the season in this game? In the batting lineup, Tatsuya Tatsuru Yanagimachi recorded 3 hit 1 Home Run 2 RBI in the last game. He responded to being selected as starting line-up for the first time in 9 games.

・ Pacific League standings /individual results