◆ Pacific League 11-0 Seibu Lions (28th, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Lotte won their second straight game to open the season. After scoring two runs in the first inning on three consecutive hits and sacrifice fly, the lead changed to four runs in the 6th inning when Soto gave up two runs to left field with no outs and Misho Nishikawa outfielder two consecutive timely hits with one out and two on, and the batting line connected to score seven runs in the 6th inning for a big win.

In terms of throwing, starter Tanaka pitched 6 innings without runs and won his first win. Except for the first inning, he allowed hit every time, but closed the key points and did not allow a run.

Seibu Lions is a development that does not have one more game following the previous day. Starter Takeuchi took the mound in 2nd place from the 5th inning 7 hit 4 runs, 4 runs behind, and Fuji, who took the mound from the 6th inning with 4 runs behind, could not get a single out and 5 runs, and Yu Nakamura who followed could not stop the momentum of the Lotte batting lineup, and both offense and defense were lackluster.