Saitama Seibu vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 1st round match will be held on March 28, 18:00 at Belluna Dome.

Last season's record: Saitama Seibu vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 10-13-2

The preliminary results of last season's games are as follows
Saitama Seibu: Tatsuya Imai pitcher 25 games, 10 wins and 8 losses, ERA 2.34
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Saitama: 7-6 in 29 games, vs: Shoma Kanemura pitcher 7-6 in 29 games, ERA 2.38

Saitama Seibu ・ Tatsuya Imai pitcher opened the season for the second year in a row pitcher. In the open game, he threw two games 7 innings pitched and adjusted well with 6 strike out and runs zero. How many strike out pitcher will last year's most struck out pile up?

In addition, Saitama Seibu 's second draft pick outfielder Seiya Watanabe player entered the first team for the opening day of the season. In the opening game, he had a .233 batting average in 14 games. Rookie Sei Watanabe will bring a new wind to the 2025 season at Saitama Seibu with the disappointment of finishing 6th last year. starting line-up He will be the center of attention from the announcement.

They finished the open tournament in first place Hokkaido Nippon-Ham with 10 wins and 3 losses, and third-year player Shoma Kanemura pitcher will play his first opening game mound. They played Saitama Seibu in an open game on March 5, but that time, Cedeño sacrifice fly and Nevin hit two runs in a timely manner. Can they make the opening game while taking care of the new foreign players of Saitama Seibu?

Text by Ayako Kikuchi

・ Pacific League standings /individual results