[NPB Today’s highlights] Will Seibu ‘s high school graduate rookie Shinohara win first game? If he wins, he will be the first player on the team to win since Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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2025.9.7(日) 10:00
☆ Seibu vs. Lotte (18:00, Belluna Dome) Seibu = Shinohara, Lotte = Kojima
Seibu, currently on a four-game winning streak, will be debuting their rookie, Shinohara, who was drafted fifth overall last year, against Lotte. If the 18-year-old graduate of Fukui University of Technology Fukui High School wins, he will be the first high school graduate rookie win his first game in professional baseball since Kosei Yoshida (Nippon-Ham Fighters) against Hiroshima on June 12, 2019. The team’s first win as high school graduate rookies are as follows:
October 4, 1981 vs. Lotte (Seibu)
Kazuyuki Ono (Kanazawa Agricultural High School) starting pitcher = 5 innings, 4 hit 3 runs
April 7, 1999 vs. Nippon-Ham (Seibu)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (Yokohama High School) starting pitcher = 8 innings, 5 hit 2 runs
If Shinohara wins, it will be the first time for the team in 26 years since Matsuzaka. Will the rookie’s excellent pitching lead to the team’s fifth consecutive win?
(Other cards)
☆ Chunichi vs The Giants (13:30, Vantelin Dome) Chunichi = Matsuba, The Giants = Yokokawa
☆ DeNA Yakult (18:00, Yokohama) DeNA = Fujinami, Yakult = Ogawa
☆ Hanshin Tigers vs Hiroshima (18:00, Koshien) Hanshin Tigers = Saiki, Hiroshima = Aduwa
☆ Orix vs. Nippon-Ham (13:00, Kyocera Dome Osaka) Orix = Yamashita, Nippon-Ham = Fukushima
☆ Softbank vs. Rakuten (13:00, Mizuho PayPay Dome) Softbank = Haru Matsumoto, Rakuten = Fujii
※ Match card (start time, stadium) and starting pitcher order
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