◆Pre-season game Seibu Lions and Hanshin Tigers (10th, Koshien)
Seibu Lions of Tyler Nevin infielder will play in the "No. 4, DH" position. He had been making individual adjustments, but joined the 1st team on this day. The Keisuke Nakata infielder who had accompanied the Samurai Japan team until the training game (Kyocera D) against the Hanshin Tigers on March 3 as a support member will also join the team and start at "No. 9, Yugi". Hasegawa, who is registered on outfielder, will start at No. 7 and play first base.
The starting pitcher will be Mitsunari Takahashi. Seibu Lions 's starting line-up is as follows:
[Seibu]
1 (left) Kuwabara
2 (center) Nishikawa
3 (3) Watanabe
4 (finger) Nevin
5 (2) Tonozaki
6 (right) Canario
7 (1) Hasegawa
8 (catcher) Yu Koga
9 (shortstop) Nakata
Starting pitcher: Mitsunari Takahashi
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