The 19th game between Tohoku Rakuten and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham will be held at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi from 6:00 p.m. on August 16th.
[Match record] Tohoku Rakuten (4th place) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (2nd place) 4 wins, 13 losses, 1 draw
[Announced starting pitchers]
Tohoku Rakuten: pitcher Uchi Seiryu 21 games, 3 wins, 4 losses, ERA 3.06
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham: Takayuki Kato pitcher 15 games, 7 wins, 5 losses, 3.14 ERA
Tohoku Rakuten, currently on a three-game winning streak, will start with pitcher Uchi Seiryu. He has started in 10 of the 21 games he has pitched this season, earning two wins as a starter. In his last appearance (on the 6th against Orix), he pitched 6.1 innings, throwing 87 pitches, allowing 7 hit 1 Walk 3 strike out 1 runs. On the batting side, Fumiya Kurokawa is currently on a nine-game hit. He has been batting fourth for seven consecutive games, and in his last game, he hit a three-run home run to win the game.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters starting pitcher Takayuki Kato gave up four runs in 3.1 innings in his last appearance, and four runs in 8.1 innings in his previous appearance, and is currently on a losing streak. In his last game against Tohoku Rakuten (July 20th), he gave up two runs in seven innings, earning a win. He’s pitching well this season at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi, with a 2-0 record and a 2.19 ERA. He’s hoping to end his losing streak.
・ Pacific League standings /individual results
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