The Tokyo Yakult Swallows will welcome the Yomiuri Giants to the Meiji Jingu Stadium for another round of NPB action. Tokyo has an overall season record of 53-31 and comes into this game on the back of a 10-2 loss to the Yokohama DeNa BayStars. Munetaka Murakami and Jose Osuna drove in one RBI each. Cy Sneed had five strikeouts while Takuma Kubo had four strikeouts in the game. Given that they sit at the top of the Centra League, Tokyo will be hopeful of making a comeback in this game.
On the other hand, the Yomiuri Giants have an overall season record of 44-48 and come into this game on the back of a 10-5 loss to Hiroshima. Adam Walker and Sho Nakata drove in two RBI’s each while Yoshihiro Maru had one RBI to his name. Yuki Takahashi and Yuhei Takanahashi had two strikeouts each in the disappointing loss.
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Yakult | Yomiuri |
Kotaro Yamasaki | Naoki Yoshikawa |
Kengo Ota | Adam Walker |
Seiichi Uchakawa | Yoshihiro Maru |
Munetaka Murakami | Kazuma Okamoto |
Domingo Santana | Gregory Polanco |
Akihisa Nishida | Sho Nakata |
Jose Osuna | Takumi Ohshiro |
Naomichi Nishiura | Raito Nakayama |
Yudai Koga | Yuki Takahashi |
The match between Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Yomiuri Giants will take place at the Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, July 19 at 6:00 PM (Japan Time).
The match between the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Yomiuri Giants will be telecast live on Fuji TV. You can also log in to npb.jp and follow the game from any corner of the world.
Country | Channel | Date and Time |
Japan | Fuji TV | July 19 (6:00 PM) |