On 12 March, Saitama Seibu and Hanshin Tigers opened the match in Belluna Dome, where Saitama Seibu lost 2-3.

Saitama Seibu starter Tatsuya Imai pitcher got off to a good start, closer the first inning on 10 pitches. He then walked Walk in the top of the second and fourth innings, hit in the top of the third inning with a runner on his back, but did not allow a runner to reach second base, and in the fourth inning, he walked mound on 64 pitches hit 1 Walk 2 strike out runs.

In the bottom of the fourth, Cedeño infield hit singled to load the bases with one out and Shuta Tonosaki led off the inning with an RBI doble. With two outs and the bases loaded, Yuto Koga hit an RBI doble to score two runs in the inning.

But in the top of the fifth, Hiroshi Kaino pitcher was pinch-hit with two outs and the bases loaded in the hit and tied the game on Kaito Shimada's RBI triple. Nozomu Kodera followed with a timely infield hit to make it 3-2.

​Kaito Yoza pitcher, who entered the game in the top of the sixth inning, threw 55 pitches in the fourth inning, hit 1 Hit by Pitch strike out 5 runs. With two outs in the top of the ninth, he was hit by a hit but struck out the next two batters on a grounder to infield. The offense went 1-hit after the fifth inning and ended the game with a 3-2 lead. Koga has been active in 2 hit 1 RBI.

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Kami Duplantier - Nelson - Guerra - Oikawa Masataka - S Hata Seshu
Tatsuya Tatsuya Imai-Hiroshi Kaino-Kaito Yoza

Text by Aoi Nishijima

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