◆Exhibition game Yakult 0-4 Orix Buffaloes (14th, Jingu Stadium)

Orix Buffaloes won shutout game against Yakult. Starter Kuri pitched 6 innings, 3 hit runs, 5 strike out. Except for the 4th and 5th innings, he was pitch with runner on his back, but he made a solid game with 97 pitches and appealed to his good condition for the opening pitcher, which he was aiming for. In the 7th inning, Takaya (Hokkai Gakuen University), the 2nd pick in the draft, gave up two Walk but did not runs. In the 8th inning, 3rd place Furutajima, and in the 9th inning, 4th place Kaede Yokoyama closer runs.

In the second inning, Nishino led off with a single to right field, followed by Nakagawa's single to left field, creating a scoring opportunity with no outs and runners on first and second. Moritomo then hit a go-ahead doble down the left field line, and Kurebayashi followed with sacrifice fly to center field.

In the fourth inning, with two outs and runners on first and second base, Hirooka hit a timely single to left field. This was a former teammate of Yakult 's Kawabata, who was playing his retirement game that day, and a protégé with whom he had trained during the offseason. In the seventh inning, substitute Yokoyama Sei hit a home run over the right field fence.