On July 14th at 6 PM, the 10th game between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Orix Buffaloes will be held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile's Saikyo Park Miyagi.

[Head-to-head record] Tohoku Rakuten Eagles (6th place) vs. Orix Buffaloes (4th place): 5 wins, 4 losses

[Announced Starting Pitcher]
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles: Ryota Takinaka pitcher 11 games, 4 wins, 3 losses, ERA 2.10
Orix Buffaloes: pitcher Alen Kuri, 15 games, 6 wins, 5 losses, ERA 3.03

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles will have pitcher Ryota Takinaka starting after 12 days of rest. This will be their first matchup against Orix Buffaloes in about three months, since April 12th, but in that game he earned a win by pitching 7 innings, allowing only 2 hit and no runs. So far this season, he has pitched in 3 games at Rakuten Eagles Mobile's Saikyo Park Miyagi, throwing 20 inning and allowing only 2 runs. He has a record of 2 wins and 0 losses with ERA of 0.90. Can he lead his team to win at his home stadium, where he excels?

Orix Buffaloes 's starting pitcher Alen Kuri, who has had two quality starts in his last two games. In their previous encounter with Tohoku Rakuten Eagles (June 28th), he pitched 7 innings, allowing 5 hit 2 runs, and pitcher win. In the batting lineup, Haruto Watanabe has a good record against them, with a batting average of .400. He has struggled so far in July with a monthly batting average of .105, but he will be looking to find a way to recover his form against his favored opponent, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles.