The battle for the top spot begins with a one-game difference between them, with Fukuya Yamazaki and Moinelo as starters | Pacific League

The 14th game between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Fukuoka Softbank will be held at ES CON FIELD from 6:00 p.m. on July 29th.

[Match results] Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (1st place) vs. Fukuoka Softbank (2nd place) 6 wins, 7 losses

[Scheduled starting pitchers]
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham: Pitcher Fukuya pitcher 13 games, 4 wins, 3 losses, ERA 1.54
Fukuoka Softbank: pitcher Moinelo: 8 wins, 2 losses in 16 games, ERA 1.27 (1st place)

pitcher will start for Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. In the previous game against Saitama Seibu, he gave up 4 runs (1 earned runs) in 6 innings due to his teammates’ mistakes, but he has been pitch steadily with an ERA of 1.54 so far. This will be their first game since April 30th, but he wants to lead his team to win in order to pull away from second-place Fukuoka Softbank, who are just one game behind.

Fukuoka Softbank are on an eight-game winning streak. Starting pitcher Moinelo gave up two hit and two Walk in his last appearance before the All-Star break, and recorded a shutout game win over Saitama Seibu. This season, they have two wins in two games at ES CON FIELD. Can they contain the opposing team’s powerful batting lineup, which has 86 Home Run and is the top of the 12 teams, and take the first game of the series?

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa

・ Pacific League standings /individual results