The first round match between Tohoku Rakuten and Saitama Seibu will be held on April 1 at 4 p.m. on Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi April 1.

Last season's head-to-head record: Tohoku Rakuten (4th) vs. Saitama Seibu (tied for 5th) 14 wins, 10 losses, 1 draw

【Predicted starters (last season's results)】
Tohoku Rakuten: Masaru Fujii pitcher 22 games, 11 wins, 5 losses, ERA 2.93
Saitama Seibu: Chihiro Sumida pitcher 26 games, 9 wins, 10 losses, ERA 2.76

Tohoku Rakuten will start Masaru Fujii pitcher in mound. Last season, he won a career-high 11 games and became only the second left-hander in team history to reach double-digit win after Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher. In addition, he has appeared in four games in the opening round, and although he has won one and lost three, he has shown a good adjustment with a ERA of 1.20. Will he throw as long a inning as he can in this game to get a win in the home opener? Franco is on a three-game hitting streak with hit. He had a sluggish start to the season, batting .150 in 16 appearances, but in the previous game, he hit a wall in the top of the seventh inning with a doble and is regaining his natural slugging ability.

Saitama Seibu Manaya Nishikawa are batting .385 with 13 At Bat 5 hit in the previous card. In the previous game, he had a runner on first base in the first inning and the bottom of the third inning and hit a hit to create an opportunity. In the first inning, he scored and played the role of No. 2 hitter.

・ Pacific League standings /individual results