On February 23rd, the open match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Hanshin Tigers was held at Enagic Stadium Nago, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 5-2.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham starts Kota Tatsu pitcher. In the first inning, they put runner in scoring position, but both inning from the second inning were closer to a three-way retirement. In the top of the 4th inning, the lead allowed Walk, but there was also a stolen base block, and the three of them got through it. It was a good pitch of 53 pitches in 4 innings, 1 hit 1 Walk 6 strike out runs.

In the bottom of the second inning, the batting line scored on first and third base with Yuki Nomura players Walk and Kengo Yoshida players hit from one out, and scored one run between Castro's three grounders. In the bottom of the 4th inning, Haruki Nishikawa player had the first solo shot in the open game and Castro had the first and two runs, extending the lead to 4 runs.

However, immediately after that, in the top of the 5th inning, 2nd runner Haruki Miyauchi pitcher was hit by a hit by Torai Fushimi player from first base with two outs, and his teammates lost one run on bad throw. In the top of the seventh, Taisho Tamai pitcher, who was in fourth place, hit a Walk and hit a bases loaded with no outs, allowing a timely infield hit from two outs. Still, in the bottom of the 7th inning, Ryota Isobata player got a timely hit, and the score was 5-2.

In the top of the 8th inning, Taisei Yanagawa pitcher retired 3 outs, including 2 consecutive struck out, and in the top of the 9th, Seigi Tanaka pitcher closed the game, ending the game 5-2. In the batting lineup, Yoshida scored 3 hit, and Nishikawa and Castro scored Home Run. He regained his scoring ability in the practice game and won his first win in the open game.

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God ● Ragsdale - Yuki Konasamaru - Yuta Iwasada - Yasunari Kudo - Moretta - Masaki Oikawa - Doris - Takami Noto
Nichi ○ Kota Tatsu-Hiroya Shimamoto Haruki Miyauchi-Shimamoto Hiroya-Taisho Tamai-Taisei Yanagawa-S Seigi Tanaka

Written by Aoi Nemoto