Match details:

Japanese Professional Baseball
Date: 29 Apr 2021
Time: 02:00 PM IST

Preview:

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (FSH) (14 wins - 11 losses) are coming off a 3-4 loss against Nippon Ham. Their best players in the game were Yuki Yanagita who had 3 singles and 2 runs batted in; Kenta Imamiya who had 2 runs scored and 2 singles; and Tsuyoshi Wada who had 5.0 innings pitched and 6 strikeouts.

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (HNF) (9 wins - 14 losses) are coming off a 4-3 win against Softbank. Their best players in the game were Kensuke Kondo who had 1 run scored and 2 runs batted in; Takuya Kori who had 2 singles and 1 run batted in; and Hiromi Itoh who had 6 innings pitched and 3 strikeouts.

Injuries:

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (FSH)
NA

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (HNF)
NA

Probable lineup:

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (FSH)
Shota Takeda
Ukyo Shuto
Keizo Kawashima
Yuki Yanagita
Ryoya Kurihara
Alfredo Despaigne
Akira Nakamura
Kenji Akashi
Nobuhiro Matsuda
Takuya Kai

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (HNF)
Takahide Ikeda
Taishi Ohta
Ryota Yachi
Sho Nakata
Haruki Nishikawa
Kensuke Kondoh
Ronny Rodriguez
Ryo Watanabe
Daiki Asama
Ryo Ishikawa

Top picks:

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (FSH)

Key players

Batting:
Keizo Kawashima
Ukyo Shuto

Pitching:
Shota Takeda

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (HNF)

Key players

Batting:
Sho Nakata
Ryota Yachi

Pitching:
Takahide Ikeda

Captaincy options:
I - Ukyo Shuto
II - Sho Nakata

Vice captaincy options:
I - Ryota Yachi
II - Keizo Kawashima

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