Announced starting pitchers for NPB’s games of Thursday, July 9, 2020.
Pacific League
Marines vs Lions: Zozo Marine Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Daiki Iwashita (2-0, 1.69) vs Keisuke Honda (0-1, 3.72)
Buffaloes vs Fighters: Kyocera Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Sachiya Yamasaki (0-0, 5.40) vs Drew VerHagen (1-0, 4.35)
Hawks vs Eagles: PayPay Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Rick van den Hurk (1-0, 4.97) vs Takahiro Shiomi (0-2, 10.61)
Central League
Dragons vs Swallows: Nagoya Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Yuichiro Okano (1-1, 5.40) vs Keiji Takahashi (-)
Tigers vs Giants: Koshien Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Onelki Garcia (0-2, 7.45) vs Toshiki Sakurai (1-0, 1.93)
Carp vs BayStars: Mazda Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Masato Morishita (1-0, 1.72) vs Shoichi Ino (1-0, 3.60)