◆ Pacific League Orix Buffaloes 0-10 Rakuten Eagles (27th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes suffered a crushing defeat in their opening game. The biggest miscalculation was the poor performance of their ace, Miyagi, who was the opening day pitcher for the third consecutive year. He was knocked out after giving up 8 runs in 1 2/3 innings, both tying his personal worst performance, and hung his head, saying, "I'm sorry that I was entrusted with the opening game and that I was able to pitch like this."

Coach Kishida appointed Seymour, a new foreigner who had no arch in 44 at-bats in the open game, No. 4, and Wakatsuki, who was 10 At Bat 4 hit to Shoji in 25, as "No. 5 DH". Seymour made his first hit in Japan, and Wakatsuki also recorded 1 hit, but was silent as a batting lineup due to the opponent's powerful right-hander's pitch. In the 4th inning, Nishikawa hit the team's first hit doble from one out, but Ota swung struck out and Seymour also fell to the left.

The few harvests of the day were second-year right-hander Teranishi, who took the mound in 3rd place. He persisted in 6 inning from the 3rd inning with 2 runs and showed his presence in the return to the starting rotation.