Former ace day

If Friday is typically “Ace day” when teams’ Opening Day starting pitchers are most likely to go head-to-head, Tuesday is going to be “former ace day” at two Pacific League games.

At Tokyo Dome, the Fighters are going to host the Orix Buffaloes while starting former Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko, while in Sendai, the Seibu Lions will go against their former ace, Takayuki Kishi, who will start for the Rakuten Eagles, and try to snap out of his recent funk — allowing 14 runs in his last 14-1/3 innings.

The Buffaloes’ game might be a case of back to the future, with extremely skilled 19-year-old rookie Hiroya Miyagi starting for Orix — a guy who could be their future ace.

The Lions will go with a newcomer, lefty Matt Dermody, who pitched well in his debut.

Pacific League

Starting pitchers

Fighters vs Buffaloes: Tokyo Dome 5:45 pm, 4:45 am EDT

Chihiro Kaneko (0-1, 2.20) vs Hiroya Miyagi (3-0, 1.53)

Eagles vs Lions: Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi 6 pm, 5 am EDT

Takayuki Kishi (2-3, 4.08) vs Matt Dermody (0-0, 0.00)

Hawks vs Marines: PayPay Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT

Shota Takeda (2-1, 2.28) vs Kota Futaki (1-2, 2.90)

Central League

BayStars vs Giants: Yokohama Stadium 5:45 pm, 4:45 am EDT

Shinichi Onuki (1-3, 7.12) vs Shosei Togo (2-2, 3.77)

Tigers vs Dragons: Koshien Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT

Yuki Nishi (3-2, 2.54) vs Shinnosuke Ogasawara (2-2, 2.88)

Active roster moves 5/10/2021

Deactivated players can be re-activated from 5/20

Central League

Activated

None

Dectivated

Pacific League

Activated

None

Dectivated