Versus Orix

The games versus Buffaloes will take place tomorrow and on Saturday.

Tigers will play against their enemy brothers since the two teams are based on the same region, Kansai. Moreover, the current Orix manager is a former manager of Hanshin.

Team	Hanshin Tigers	Orix Buffaloes
Rank	2nd Central League	4th Pacific League
Wins	23	19
Loses	18	25
Draws	0	1
Winning percentage	.561	.432
ERA	4.03	4.35
AVG	.264	.261
Homeruns	50	44

I don't know exactly who will be the starting pitchers since the order of the Orix rotation changes often and Shimoyanagi was demoted. I can just guess that these days Fossum will be the Tigers starter and Kishida the Orix starter.

Yesterday I hadn't time to pick up a "picture of the day", so here is a "yesterday's picture":

(c) Daily Sports

Current Interleague Ranking:

1. Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (PL)

2. Saitama Seibu Lions (PL)

3. Chunichi Dragons (CL)

4. Chiba Lotte Marines (PL)

5. Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (PL)

6. Yomiuri Giants (CL)

7. Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (PL)

8. Orix Buffaloes (PL)

9. Hiroshima Carp (CL)

10. Hanshin Tigers (CL)

11. Yokohama Baystars (CL)

12. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL)

Next games vs Orix:

Friday 21th at 6 p.m. in Kyocera Osaka Dome

Saturday 22th at 2 p.m. in Skymark Stadium

Japanese time.