☆ Rakuten vs. Nippon-Ham (14:00, Rakuten Mobile) Rakuten: Furuya, Nippon-Ham: Ito
Ito, who currently leads Pacific League with 9 wins Nippon-Ham, will start against Rakuten on the 19th. He is 9-5 in 15 appearances so far. In his last appearance on the 11th, he was hit by a black star in the 6th inning hit 6 of 12 runs. He is currently tied with Higashi (DeNA) for the Central League top spot with 9 wins, but he is aiming to win on the 19th to be the first to win 10 games. Nippon-Ham pitcher The following is a list of the top 10 winners in both leagues.
Pitcher
61 Osamu Kubota
62 Yukio Ozaki
79 Naoki Takahashi
92 Akito Kaneishi
96 Yukihiro Nishizaki
98 Tsutomu Iwamoto
09 Yu Darvish
11 Yu Darvish
15 Shohei Otani
*Toei in 1961 and 1962
If he can get 10 wins in the shortest time, he will be the ninth player to do so in 10 years, since Ohtani in 2015. Will he follow in the footsteps of his great predecessor?
(Other cards)
☆ The Giants vs Hanshin Tigers (18:00, Tokyo Dome) The Giants = Yamazaki, Hanshin Tigers = Murakami
☆ Yakult vs Hiroshima (18:00, Jingu) Yakult = Okugawa, Hiroshima = Morishita
☆ Chunichi vs DeNA (14:00, Vantelin Dome) Chunichi: Marat, DeNA: Jackson
☆ Seibu vs Softbank (18:00, Belluna Dome) Seibu: Imai, Softbank: Moinelo
☆Lotte vs. Orix (18:00, Zozo Marine) Lotte = Taneichi, Orix = Kuri
※ Match card (start time, stadium) and starting pitcher order
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