◆Exhibition game: DeNA 5-0 Softbank Hawks (March 15, Yokohama)

Softbank Hawks suffered their third consecutive loss, being shutout game by DeNA with only two hit.

For the younger players, this is the final chance to make the opening day roster, but they have been lackluster, scoring only two runs in three games. hit in this game came from veterans Yamakawa and Imamiya. Sasagawa and Akihiro, who were in starting line-up at 3rd and 5th, respectively, also went hit. Manager Kokubo Hiroki said, "When Kondo, Shuto, and Makihara from the Samurai Japan team return, the younger players won't be able to play. I thought that today would be a chance to see how they perform. However, even when they join the team, they won't be playing full time right away, so I won't drop any of the current players yet," expressing his disappointment at the lackluster performance of the players on the bubble for making the first team.