On 2 April, the second round of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Fukuoka Softbank matches was played in ES CON FIELD, where Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 3-1.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham started Koki Kitayama pitcher. It was a tough game with inning runner on his back from the first inning, but he didn't let a runner on base. He gave up Walk to lead off the sixth inning before exiting the game, but was held runs until the fifth.

​Koji Fukutani pitcher advanced into scoring position during a wild pitch and was hit by Kenta Imamiya at the right time, but he was retired after striking out two right-handed hitter batters. With two outs, Nao Miyanishi pitcher singled to right field.

In the bottom of the fifth, Yuma Imagawa hit and Tatsuki Mizuno Walk loaded the bases with no outs and scored on an error by bases loaded and scored on Kotaro Kiyomiya 's grounder to infield. Reyes followed with a third baseman error to add one more run. In the bottom of the seventh, Kengo Yoshida, who was acquired from the Falcons in the draft, hit a solo shot in the No. 1 spot, his first Home Run as a professional, to cut the deficit to two runs.

The relievers tied the top of the seventh inning with Ryusei Kawano pitcher tied for 1 Walk and no runs, and Takahide Ikeda pitcher tied the top of the eighth with a triple. Seigi Tanaka pitcher closed out the top of the ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Kitayama pitcher threw 97 pitches in 5.0 innings hit 4 Walk 4 strike out 1 runs for his first win of the season. In the batting lineup, Yuki Nomura players have maintained their good form with 2 hit.

In the loss, Fukuoka Softbank took his first professional loss in a Jun Maeda pitcher 4.1 innings with 4 hit 2 walks Hit by Pitch 1 strike out 2 runs (earned runs 1) on 76 pitches. The offense failed to connect with one run in 7 hit and didn't win back-to-back games.

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So ● Jun Maeda-Shuto Ogata-Kazuki Sugiyama Koya Fujii Ryo Oyama
Sun ○ Koki Kitayama-Koji Fukutani-Nao Miyanishi-Ryusei Kawano-Takahide Ikeda-S Seigi Tanaka

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