On July 1 at 6:00 p.m., the Northeast Rakuten vs. Chiba Lotte 12-game series will be played at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi.

Results: Tohoku Rakuten (5th place) vs. Chiba Lotte (6th place) 7-4

Preliminary Round
Northeast Rakuten: Howard pitcher 5 games 3-0, ERA 1.84
Chiba Lotte Boss pitcher 12 games, 2-3, ERA 2.93

Northeast Rakuten The focus of the batting lineup is on the Rui Muneyama player, who has been hitting consistently in his last 5 games with 18 At Bat 5 hit, including a tie doble against Orix on June 29, contributing to a comeback win. He had two games against opposing starter Boss pitcher in April, with a total of 6 At Bat 3 hit results.

Against Chiba Lotte in, Naonori Yasuda The players have been in good form with six consecutive hit games. In the first game of the three-game series against Fukuoka Softbank, which was the first game after the start of the exchange tournament, they scored multiple hit runs in two of the three games. We hope to see a hit that will bring a good flow to this game as well.

Boss pitcher, who is making a preliminary start, also commented, "I've been pitching in day games for a while, so I'm looking forward to pitching in a night game. Last time, I often made hitter advantageous count, so I'm hoping to get ahead strike and keep the game going in a way that I'm in control. In Sendai, I have been win pitcher, so I would like to move up to mound with a good image," he said enthusiastically as he prepares for his first win in two months.

・ Pacific League standings /individual results