On March 22, Saitama Seibu and Yokohama DeNA played in Belluna Dome, and Saitama Seibu lost 2-5.

Saitama Seibu starter Yutaro Watanabe pitcher got off to a three-run deficit with three strikeouts, including two struck out in a row, and then allowed runner to build a struck out pile and exited the game after three innings of 36 pitches, hit Hit by Pitch five strike out runs without a on 36 pitches. In the top of the fourth, Yuta Kuroki pitcher tied the game with no hit. However, in the top of the fifth, Yuta Nakamura pitcher gave up four runs on three RBI singles and a sacrifice fly to end a runs inning-by- streak at 40.

In the fourth, Taiga Ueda pitcher retired three batters in the sixth inning to inning two batters each, and threw 23 pitches hit no walks Hit by Pitch three strike out no runs pitches. But in the top of the eighth, Haruto Yamada pitcher gave up one run on a safety squeeze from third base with one out.

One of the batters was shut down by opposing starter Kentaro Taira pitcher until the fourth inning. With one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth, Hiyu Motoyama hit a two-run shot to open the game, but that was the end of the comeback. In the bottom of the ninth, the Tigers rallied three batters and scored two runs in 3 hit lose.

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○Kentaro Taira - Naoki Wakamatsu - Masataka Iwata - Souma Tokuyama - Marcelino - Daisei Irie
Yuutarou Yutaro Watanabe-Yuta Kuroki-Yuta Nakamura-Taiga Ueda-Haruto Yamada-Masaya Kuroda

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