◆Exhibition game: Yakult 11-0 Orix Buffaloes (March 13, Jingu Stadium)

Orix Buffaloes suffered a crushing defeat against Yakult. In the second inning, Yamaoka, who has returned to the starting rotation this season, got into a jam with two outs and a runner on second base. Akabane hit an infield single to third base, and So made a bad throw hit In the third inning, with no outs and runners on first and third, he gave up an RBI single to center field to Masuda. Yamaoka was relieved after 5 innings, having given runs 5 hit 2 strike out (1 earned), and striking out 4. His fastest pitch was recorded at 144 km/h, and he improved as the game progressed, fulfilling a certain role as a starting pitcher.

However, in the 6th inning, Gonda and Toyama were 6 runs with 2 people. In the 7th inning, Hirano pitcher Coach lost 3 runs, but Yamada, who took over, managed to hold on. In the 8th inning, Hajime Sato closer to a three-way strikeout.

Despite getting eight hit, the offense failed to score. However, there were some positive signs, such as Nishikawa getting multiple hit and Seymour hitting his first extra-base doble.