SoftBank Back in Action vs. Rakuten
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Re: SoftBank Back in Action vs. Rakuten
[ Author: NipponHam11 | Posted: Aug 10, 2008 1:56 PM
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It seems I made a mistake, Ohba is not pitching against Rakuten today, it's Ohtonari instead.
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Ohba and Iwakuma are a tale of two pitchers. Iwakuma is having a career year. After getting some well-deserved rest, but surprisingly not making the Japanese Olympic Team, Iwakuma makes his first start in more than a week.
Ohba, on the other hand, has been toiling at ni-gun for a good while now. His last start was on July 12th against Nippon Ham and he once again had trouble. However, Ohba has been very good against Rakuten. In 2 starts, he is 1-0 with a 1.20 ERA, but in four of his last 5 starts, he has failed to get 5 innings of work in. The one other start was, incidentally, against Rakuten.