On 8 March, the opening match between Orix and The Giants in Kyocera Dome Osaka ended in a 1-4 loss to Orix.

Orix 's starting pitcher will be rookie Naruki Teranishi pitcher, the No. 2 pick in the draft. With one out in the first inning, Reito Nakayama reached second base on a hit and a teammate's error, and Cabbage followed with an RBI single. He didn't allow a run in the top of the second inning despite carrying runner on his back, leaving the game after 30 pitches hit 3 Hit by Pitch 1 runs (earned runs 0 in the second inning).

​Kazutomo Iguchi pitcher, who entered the game in the top of the third inning, hit a solo shot to Yoshihiro Maru. In the top of the fourth, Yoshihisa Hirano pitcher hit a solo shot off Hernandez for the second of the inning. With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Shuhei Fukuda advanced to second base on an error by hit and scored on an RBI single by Ryo Ota.

In the top of the eighth, Kaisei Tomatsu pitcher pushed out Walk to runs 1. The offense was limited to 3 hit after the sixth inning, ending the game with a 4-1 lead. They have scored two goals or fewer in their opening four games and have lost four in a row. Rookie Reiji Higashiyama pitcher, the No. 5 pick in the draft, entered the game in the top of the sixth inning and closer three outs, including two struck out.

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Giant ○ Griffin-Keller-Baldonado-Daisei-Martinez-S Funasako Taiga
O: Naruki Teranishi, Kazutomo Iguchi, Yoshihisa Hirano, Nobuyoshi Yamada Yamada, Reiji Higashiyama, Keisuke Honda, Kaisei Tomatsu, Seiryu Kotajima


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