Major sports events scheduled in Japan for Thursday, July 7:

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BASEBALL

Central League

Yomiuri vs Yakult. Tokyo Dome. 6 p.m.

DeNA vs Chunichi. Yokohama Stadium. 5:45 p.m.

Hanshin vs Hiroshima. Koshien Stadium. 6 p.m.

Pacific League

Rakuten vs SoftBank. Rakuten Seimei Park. 6 p.m.

Lotte vs Nippon Ham. Zozo Marine Stadium. 6 p.m.

Orix vs Seibu. Kyocera Dome Osaka. 6 p.m.

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