◆Pre-season game The Giants and Rakuten Eagles (23rd, Naha)

pitcher Chiharu Tanaka, who joined Rakuten Eagles as compensation for Norimoto's free agent transfer to The Giants, took the mound in an exhibition game against his former team, the The Giants. He held them runs and allowed only one hit in one inning, making a strong case for making the opening day roster.

With a one-run lead in the 7th inning, Sen Tanaka went up mound and allowed Yamase, with whom he had worked as a battery partner until last year, to hit hit one up the middle, but finally got out of trouble by striking out struck out Utsunomiya on his signature fork pitch with two outs and two outs.