◆Exhibition game: Lotte 1-4 Orix Buffaloes (March 10, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Orix Buffaloes won a comfortable victory over Lotte, with outfielder Ryoma Nishikawa hitting the Home Run run, the team's first in the exhibition games.

In the first inning, leadoff batter Mune hit doble down the right field line, and with one out and a runner on third, Ota scored the first run with sacrifice fly to center field. With the score tied at 1-1, leadoff batter Nishikawa hit a solo home run over the right field fence to take the lead. "I was able to swing well and hit the ball without any force," he said. In the seventh inning, with a one-run lead, Hirooka hit an RBI double down the right field line with doble on first and third and no outs to add another run, and Mugiya followed with an RBI single to center field with two outs and runners on first and third.

As for pitcher, new foreign player Jerry started, runs 3 hit 1 run (0 earned) in 3 innings. From the 4th inning onwards, Gonda, Mukugi, Perdomo, Takaya, Higashimatsu and Kaede Yokoyama pitched together without allowing any runs, protecting the lead.