Announced starting pitchers for Japanese pro baseball games of Friday, July 17, 2020.

Pacific League

Fighters vs Marines: Sapporo Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT

Kohei Arihara (0-3, 3.67) vs Ayumu Ishikawa (0-1, 3.96)

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

Takahiro Norimoto (3-0, 0.98) vs Zach Neal (1-0, 4.44)

Buffaloes vs Hawks: Kyocera Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT

Tsubasa Sakakibara (0-0, 3.48) vs Nao Higashihama (1-0, 1.96)

Central League

BayStars vs Giants: Yokohama Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT

Shoichi Ino (2-0, 2.45) vs Nobutaka Imamura (-)

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

Koyo Aoyagi (2-1, 1.59) vs Yudai Ono (0-2, 4.88)

Carp vs Swallows: Mazda Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT

Daichi Osera (2-1, 2.48) vs Daiki Yoshida (-)