On 3 April, the first round match between Tohoku Rakuten and Saitama Seibu was played in Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi, with Tohoku Rakuten defeating win 4-1.

Starting pitcher Takayuki Kishi pitcher closer the first three innings, and in the top of the fourth, he gave up the go-ahead run on Seiya Watanabe 's timely triple, but after that, he pitched a perfect pitch and pitched a perfect seventh inning hit 1 runs. Then, in the bottom of the sixth inning, with runners on first and third with no outs, Toshiki Abe, Hideto Asamura, and Yukiya Ito hit back-to-back RBI singles to score three runs to complete the comeback.

​Sora Suzuki pitcher connected in the top of the eighth and added one more run in the bottom of the eighth on Franco's RBI doble. Trailing by three runs in the bottom of the ninth, Takahiro Norimoto pitcher closed out the game with a triple. win Tohoku Rakuten had Rui Muneyama, Hiroto Kobukata, Asamura and Ito with 2 hit. pitcher Kishi of win pitcher has won his first win of the season and his 19th consecutive win since his rookie year.

Saitama Seibu, on the other hand, had starter Taiga Ueda pitcher pitched four hit and no runs in five innings, but was second Shinnosuke Hada pitcher collapsed. The batting line was limited to one run by Kiyoshi Watanabe's timely hit, and the overall score was 3 hit and the opponent was unable to overcome the pitcher line. It was a four-game losing streak since the start of the season. Haruto Yamada pitcher made his professional debut.

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Taiga Ueda-Shinnosuke Hada-Yuta Kuroki-Haruto Yamada- E. Ramirez
Raku ○ Takayuki Kishi-Sora Suzuki- S Takahiro Norimoto

Text by Minami Niwa

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