On February 23, the open match between The Giants and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles at Okinawa Cellular Stadium was lost by Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 0-3.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter is rookie Sota Fujiwara pitcher with the first pick in the draft. In the first inning, Hayato Sakamoto was hit hit from two outs, but he hit the following player Cabbage with a struck out. In the bottom of the second inning, consecutive hits and Walk led to a pinch with one out and bases loaded, but first baseman Hideto Asamura The player's good defense got two outs and closer the follow-up to a grounder runs. He went down mound with 3 hit 1 Walk 1 strike out runs on 34 pitches in 2 innings.

In second place, rookie Tatsuki Ito pitcher, who was ranked second in the draft, went to mound. He closer the bottom of the 3rd inning at a good tempo, but in the bottom of the 4th inning, he made it 1 out and 3rd base with his own bad throw, allowing Takuzo Oshiro to take the lead. 2 innings, 33 pitches, 2 hit no walks, Hit by Pitch 2 strike out 1 runs (earned runs 0).

In the bottom of the 5th inning, Haruto Nakagomi pitcher, in the bottom of the 6th, Seiya Ouchi pitcher both closer in a three-way retirement, and in the bottom of the 7th, Chiharu Tanaka pitcher connected with no runs. However, in the bottom of the 8th inning, Masahiro Ehara pitcher was hit by Shunsuke Sasaki and Yuta Izumiguchi at the right time and suffered 2 runs.

The batting line failed to give up runner after the 6th inning, and the game ended with 3 hit scoreless sporadic outs, ending the game 0-3. The pitcher team showed a tenacious pitch, but they could not get their first win in the open game.

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Sota Fujiwara- ● Tatsuki Ito Haruto Nakagomi Haruto -Seiya Ouchi-Chiharu Tanaka-Masahiro Ehara
Whitley Howard Mata ○ Morita Shunya Yamashiro Kyohei Luciano

Written by Aoi Nemoto