Yi-Lei Sun will pitch for the first time in a month. Will Itsuki Murabayashi, who had a batting average of .214 in September, be able to recover?

Pacific League Insight

2025.9.22(月) 22:01

On September 23, at 2:00 p.m., ES CON FIELD will host Hokkaido Nippon-Ham vs. Northeast Rakuten 25th round.

[Matchups] Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (2nd place) vs. Tohoku Rakuten (4th place) 16-7-1

[Preliminary Round
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham: Yi-Lei Sun pitcher 8 games, 0-1, ERA 3.48
Northeast Rakuten: Howard pitcher 7 games, 4-0, ERA 2.08

The final regular season home game Hokkaido Nippon-Ham is, Yi-Lei Sun pitcher made his first start since August 11. His last appearance in the farm was against Tohoku Rakuten on August 12, where he pitched 8 innings of 1 hit 1 Hit by Pitch 7 strike out nothing runs. With the team looking for a comeback win, he hopes to make his first professional appearance win in the pitch leading up to the win. The team is good against Tohoku Rakuten with a .279 batting average.

Against Northeast Rakuten, Itsuki Murabayashi He has struggled in September with a .214 batting average, but will he be able to improve his batting average by hitting more hit from this point on? Howard pitcher, the starter, struggled to a 3.2 innings 7 hit 4 runs (earned runs 3) in his last start against Chiba Lotte, his first appearance in two months. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham This will be his first appearance in the series against the “BANDAI” and he will be looking to make a solid game of it.

Text by Kainagi Niwa

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