On 23 March, the opening match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tokyo Yakult in ES CON FIELD ended in a 7-4 win for Hokkaido Nippon-Ham. They finished the season in first place with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses, and 3 draws, and a winning percentage of .769.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the second inning on hit and errors by Chusei Mannami and bases loaded Daigo Kamikawahata, and scored two runs on RBI singles by Torai Fushimi sacrifice fly and Ryota Isobata. Starting pitcher Hiromi Ito pitcher closer 1 hit 1 Walk runs through five innings.

However, in the top of the sixth inning, Yoshihiro Akabane and Hideki Nagaoka hit back-to-back Home Run to start the game. pitcher Ito exited mound on 95 pitches in six innings hit 4 Walk 1 strike out 9 runs. In the bottom of the seventh, Martinez, Uekawahata, and Yua Tamiya hit back-to-back singles to make it a one-run game, but in the top of the eighth, Koki Matsuoka pitcher hit a hit, Hit by Pitch and stolen base with two outs and runners on second and third. Osuna's RBI single made it 4-3.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Ryota Isobata and Kengo Yoshida tied the game with one out and third base on hit and Kota Yazawa tied the game on an RBI single, and with two outs, Kazunari Ishii scored on a three-run single. In the top of the ninth, Ryusei Kawano pitcher closed out the game with a three-out tie, ending the game with a score of 7-4. Izuhata and Kamikawahata scored 2 hit.

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Ya Lambert - Kota Shoji - Noboru Shimizu - Yasuchika Ishiyama - Daiki Yamamoto - Kengo Matsumoto
Japan Hiromi Ito-Tsubasa Namatame- ○ Koki Matsuoka- S Ryusei Kawano

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