Day 1 is in the books, so here are the announced starting pitchers for Saturday, June 20 in Nippon Professional Baseball:
Saturday’s starters
Live blog of Lions-Fighters game
Pacific League
Lions vs Fighters at MetLife Dome 2 pm, 1 am EDT
Wataru Matsumoto vs Takayuki Kato
Buffaloes vs Eagles at Kyocera Dome 2 pm, 1 am EDT
Hawks vs Marines at PayPay Dome 2 pm, 1 am EDT
Tsuyoshi Wada vs Atsuki Taneichi
Central League
Giants vs Tigers at Tokyo Dome 2 pm, 1 am EDT
Kazuto Taguchi vs Yuta Iwasada
Swallows vs Dragons at Jingu Stadium 2 pm, 1 am EDT
Yasuhiro Ogawa vs Kazuki Yoshimi
BayStars vs Carp at Yokohama Stadium 2 pm, 1 am EDT
