| Breaking News |  | Weekly Team Power Rankings Monday, September 26th, 2016: Here are the current team power rankings:
Teams (Total Points, Tendency): 1) Naha Shisa (129.3, o) 2) Shin Seiki Evas (111.0, o) 3) Kure Arsenal (106.4, +) 4) Neo-Tokyo Akira (103.0, -) 5) Niihama-shi Ghosts (95.9, +) 6) Fushigi Yugi Celestial Warriors (93.0, o) 7) Edo Battousai (89.7, -) 8) Kuwana Steel Dragons (83.8, ++) 9) Hyakujuu Shinkansen (75.0, -) 10) Seoul Crushers (74.3, -) 11) Lupin Cliff Hangers (64.0, -) 12) Kawaguchi Transmitters (54.4, o) |  | BNN Stats: Rookie Batting Leaders Monday, September 26th, 2016: Which rookie is leading the League of the Rising Sun in triples?
Shoichi Koyama, KAW, 6 Shun'ichi Onodera, KAW, 5 Hirotaka Murakami, SEO, 4 Yasuo Fujii, EDO, 3 Daisuke Ine, KUW, 3 |  | BBG Player of the Week, Horiuchi of Naha Monday, September 26th, 2016: There's nothing like being in the prime of your baseball career -- and playing like it. Just ask Yo Horiuchi, the Naha catcher, who swung a sweet bat all week to not only aid his team, but also pick up the Bright Blade Group Player of the Week honors.
Horiuchi piled up 11 hits in 29 at-bats, 3 home runs and 13 RBIs while hitting .379.
This year Horiuchi has batted at a .338 pace with 134 hits, 28 home runs, 100 RBIs and scored 76 times. | | | | | Today's Games - Shining Star Group | | Away Team | Home Team | Time | Starting Pitcher Away Team | Starting Pitcher Home Team | | Hyakujuu (56-70, Road: 19-38) | Kure (69-56, Home: 33-24) | 7:05 pm | LHP T.Okazaki (11-10, 3.99 ERA) | LHP M.Kodo (9-9, 5.13 ERA) | | Niihama-shi (65-62, Road: 38-29) | Neo-Tokyo (71-56, Home: 40-30) | 7:05 pm | LHP H.Sanu (1-2, 4.54 ERA) | LHP T.Shiskikura (16-1, 2.62 ERA) | | Shin Seiki (77-49, Road: 41-22) | Kawaguchi (44-81, Home: 22-37) | 2:05 pm | RHP N.Sakamoto (2-0, 0.00 ERA) | RHP O.Valadez (3-9, 7.75 ERA) | | Today's Games - Bright Blade Group | | Away Team | Home Team | Time | Starting Pitcher Away Team | Starting Pitcher Home Team | | Kuwana (54-72, Road: 25-35) | Fushigi Yugi (64-63, Home: 35-29) | 7:05 pm | RHP M.Kobayashi (0-1, 3.09 ERA) | RHP S.Ikeda (3-5, 3.47 ERA) | | Naha (87-39, Road: 51-18) | Edo (67-59, Home: 37-29) | 7:05 pm | RHP K.Masuda (14-3, 2.82 ERA) | RHP T.Murata (8-2, 3.26 ERA) | | Lupin (50-75, Road: 22-35) | Seoul (52-74, Home: 25-32) | 7:05 pm | RHP G.Rivera (7-12, 4.11 ERA) | LHP T.Mizutani (6-15, 5.32 ERA) | | |