Announced starting pitchers in Japanese pro baseball for Thursday, July 16, 2020.
Pacific League
Fighters vs Marines: Sapporo Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Drew VerHagen (1-0, 4.41) vs Daiki Iwashita (2-0, 1.69)
Eagles vs Lions: Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Hayato Yuge (2-1, 2.89) vs Kona Takahashi (2-1, 5.71)
Buffaloes vs Hawks: Kyocera Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Sachiya Yamasaki (0-0, 4.50) vs Rick van den Hurk (1-1, 6.38)
Central League
Dragons vs BayStars: Nagoya Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Yuichiro Okano (1-1, 6.43) vs Ko Nakagawa (0-0, 12.00)
Tigers vs Swallows: Koshien Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Kenichi Nakata (0-1, 6.75) vs Keiji Takahashi (0-0, 3.60)
Carp vs Giants: Mazda Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Kazuki Yabuta (0-0, 0.00) vs Cristopher Mercedes (0-2, 4.11)
