On 4 March, the opening match between Yokohama DeNA and Chiba Lotte in Yokohama Stadium ended in a 2-5 loss to Chiba Lotte.

Chiba Lotte started with new signing Shuta Ishikawa pitcher. After allowing infield hit and 2 Walk with one out and bases loaded in the first inning, Yoshitomo Tsutsuka's RBI single and Toshiro Miyazaki's sacrifice fly allowed two runs to start the inning. He bounced back from that out, retiring three batters in the bottom of the second and runner in the bottom of the third, but striking out the rest of the double play and exiting the mound on 3 pitches 3 hit 3 Walk 1 strike out 2 runs in the third inning.

In the top of the fourth inning, the leadoff hitter Daito Yamamoto walked on seven pitches before he reached Walk and Aito followed with a two-run single to tie the game. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Yuto Kimura pitcher, a second-year high school graduate, took the mound. He pressed hard with his fastballs and showed his potential with 24 pitches hit 1 strike out no runs in two innings. In the bottom of the sixth, Riku Kikuchi pitcher struck out back-to-back struck out to tie the game. Takahiro Nishimura pitcher, who entered the game in the bottom of the seventh inning, connected on a runs thanks to a strong play by second baseman Ryusei Miyazaki.

But in the bottom of the eighth, Koshiro Sakamoto pitcher allowed Walk and hit, and a teammate's error combined to put the game on the board with one out and bases loaded. He gave up Walk to the follow-up, and Keisuke Sawada pitcher, who replaced him, also pushed out Walk and gave up two runs on Tatsuo Edina's timely hit.

On the other hand, the batting line struggled to score after the fourth inning. In the top of the eighth inning, with two outs and runners on first and second with two Walk, they had a chance to win the game, but Aito flied out to left field and couldn't score. In the top of the ninth inning, the game ended with a 2-5 tie. Sporadic 3 hit and couldn't connect. In the pitcher team, pitcher Kimura, pitcher Kikuchi, and pitcher Nishimura are closer runs.

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Shuta Ishikawa-Yuto Kimura-Riku Kikuchi-Takahiro Nishimura-Koshiro Sakamoto-Keisuke Sawada
De Jackson - Ishida Yutaro - Iwata Masataka - Matsumoto Ryoto - Miyagi Takita

Text by Yuichiro Yamaoka