This article is part of our Dream11 Fantasy NPB series.
Chiba Lotte Marines (7-1) vs Orix Buffaloes (1-7)
Sunday, June 28th, 5:00 AM EDT
Projected starters
RHP Manabu Mima (1-0, 1.80 ERA) vs RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Game Preview
The Marines and the Buffaloes have had opposite seasons so far. The Marines currently sit at the top of the Pacific League with a 7-1 mark following the first eight games and have won each of their last seven contests. The Buffaloes, on the other hand, sit at the bottom with a 1-7 mark and five straight losses. On paper, the Marines are strong candidates to complete the sweep here. The pitching matchup for this contest will feature Manabu Mima for the Marines and Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the Buffaloes. Both are coming off a win in their opening starts of the campaign, although Yamamoto was more impressive, tossing eight scoreless innings, fanning 10 and allowing just three hits. That start led to the Buffaloes' lone win of the season.
Marines Expected Lineup
CF – Shuhei Fukuda
DH – Katsuya Kakunaka
LF – Takashi Ogino
3B – Brandon Laird
RF – Leonys Martin
2B – Shogo Nakamura
C – Tatsuhiro Tamura
SS – Yudai Fujioka
1B – Seiya Inoue
Buffaloes Expected Lineup
1B – Takahiro Okada
DH – Aderlin Rodriguez
LF – Masataka Yoshida
RF – Adam Jones
3B – Keita Nakagawa
2B – Koji Ohshiro
C – Kenya Wakatsuki
SS – Ryoichi Adachi
CF – Shunta Gotoh
Top picks
Brandon Laird, Marines: Laird has averaged 30 home runs per
