Here are the announced starting pitchers for NPB’s games of Saturday, July 4.

Pacific League

Fighters vs Hawks: Sapporo Dome 2 pm, 1 am EDT

Takayuki Kato (0-0) vs Tsuyoshi Wada (0-0)

Eagles vs Marines: Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi 2 pm, 1 am EDT

Takayuki Kishi (-) vs Atsuki Taneichi (0-0)

Lions vs Buffaloes: MetLife Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT

Wataru Matsumoto (0-1) vs Daiki Tajima (0-0)

Central League

Giants vs Dragons: Tokyo Dome 2 pm, 1 am EDT

Kazuto Taguchi (1-0) vs Kazuki Yoshimi (1-1)

Carp vs Tigers: Mazda Stadium 2 pm, 1 am EDT

Daichi Osera (2-0) vs Yuta Iwasada (0-1)

Swallows vs BayStars: Jingu Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT

Yasuhiro Ogawa (1-0) vs Koo Nakagawa* (-)