On April 15th, the first round match between Fukuoka Softbank and Tohoku Rakuten took place at MIZUHO PayPay Dome, with Tohoku Rakuten win 2-1.

Tohoku Rakuten 's starting pitcher, Masaru Fujii, showed good pitching closer the Hawks' batting line to two hit through the sixth inning. In the top of the sixth, the batting line scored the first run against the opposing starting pitcher, Moinelo, with Hideto Asamura 's second solo homer. However, in the bottom of the seventh, pitcher allowed a runner to reach base due to second baseman 's error, and then sacrifice bunt put the runner on second with one out, and Hirose Ryuta 's timely doble resulted in one runs being allowed. Pitcher Naoto Nishiguchi managed to closer pitcher in the ensuing pinch.

After that, pitcher Shoma Fujihira pitched the bottom of the 8th inning, and pitcher Takahiro Norimoto pitched hit bottom of the 9th inning without runs, and the game went into extra inning innings with the score at 1-1. Then, in the top of the 10th inning, Rui Rui Muneyama hit Walk and Franco walked, putting runners on first and second with no outs, and with two outs, Asamura hit a timely hit to take the lead. In the bottom of the 10th inning, pitcher Sora Suzuki retired all three batters, and the game ended with a score of 2-1.

Tohoku Rakuten, which win, had starting pitcher Fujii pitching 100 pitches in 6.1 innings, giving up 3 hit 2 Walk, 6 strike out 1 runs (0 earned runs). Asamura led the team to win with 3 hit 2 RBI, ending the team's losing streak at 6. Fukuoka Softbank, which lost, had pitcher Moinelo pitching 110 pitches in 7 innings, giving up 3 hit 2 Hit by Pitch 12 strike out 1 runs, but the batting line was unable to support him with 4 hit and 1 run. Their winning streak came to an end at 5.

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Rakuten Masaru Fujii-Naoto Nishiguchi-Shoma Fujihira- ○ Takahiro Norimoto- S Sora Suzuki
So Moinelo-Yuki Matsumoto-Osuna-Hernandez

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