On 11 March, the opening match between Chunichi and Orix in Vantelin Dome ended in a 4-3 win for Orix.

In the first inning, Orix put runners on second and third with one out on leadoff singles by Yusuke Mugitani doble, Keita Nakagawa 's Hit by Pitch and Ryoma Nishikawa, and Yuma Tongu 's infield grounder to lead off the inning. In the top of the fifth, Ryo Ota loaded the bases with a hit single, advanced to second base on a bases-loaded single, and center fielder bad throw on a wild pitch to bad throw to bring home the bases. Yuma Mune 's Walk and Mugitani's doble put runners on second and third, and Ryoto Kita 's two-run RBI doble made the score 4-0.

The starter, pitcher Espinoza, did not hit pitch until the third inning. He loaded the bases with a leadoff doble in the bottom of the fourth and a infield hit runner with one out in the bottom of the fifth, but he retired the side of the mound with a runner on strike out runs in the fifth, hit 1 Walk 4.

​Ren Mukunoki pitcher took the mound in the bottom of the sixth. hit and sacrifice bunt loaded the bases with one out, but got through the runs with no outs. However, in the bottom of the seventh, they gave up one run on back-to-back doble by Calliste and Seiya Hosokawa, and then scored a second run in double play on a hit by Seitomo Uebayashi to put runners on first and third with no outs. In the bottom of the eighth, he gave up a doble to leadoff man Kaito Muramatsu and gave up a third run on a pair of home runs.

In the bottom of the ninth, Uebayashi was hit by a hit pitch with one out, but Sho Fukunaga stopped the stolen base and finally got Kenta Bright to end the game at struck out to end the game with a 4-3 lead. Tsurugi pitcher allowed 6 hit on 70 pitches in 4 innings, 1 Walk 2 strike out 3 runs. Rookie Mugitani, the No. 1 pick in the draft, played the role of No. 1 hitter with two goals in 2 hit.

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Center: Hiroto Takahashi, Taketo Fujishima, Yuki Hashimoto, Daisuke Sobue, Shinya Matsuyama