On March 1, the "2026 Ball Spring Miyazaki Baseball Games" between Chiba Lotte Marines and Lotte Giants was held at March Stadium in Miyakoa, Miyakoa, and Chiba Lotte Marines lost 3-4.

Chiba Lotte Marines 's starter, Kazuya Ojima pitcher, gave up runner in the first and second innings, respectively, but got through the follow-up with closer and no runs. However, in the top of the 3rd inning, he allowed a timely doble from 1st and 2nd base to take the lead with 1 run. From the pinch of 2nd and 3rd base with no outs, he contributed 1 run between battery errors. In addition, he lost 1 run with a timely hit and went down mound with 3 innings of 64 pitches, 4 hit 3 Hit by Pitch 4 strike out 3 runs (earned runs 2). In the top of the 4th inning, Naoya Masuda pitcher took the mound. Although they conceded one goal in sacrifice fly, they managed to hit the follow-up and kept it to a minimum of runs.

On the other hand, the batting line was blocked by no hit until the bottom of the 4th inning. Still, in the bottom of the 5th inning, the leadoff hitter Koki Yamaguchi hit a hit to break the silence, and Kyuto Ueda player scored two runs from second base with two outs, closing the gap to two runs.
　
In the top of the 5th inning, Fumiya Ono pitcher retired with three outs, and from the top of the 6th inning, Haruya Tanaka pitcher took the mound. Although there were scenes where he allowed to get on base, he put 3 inning into a runs. In the top of the ninth, Koshiro Hiroike pitcher went to mound. There was a scene where the ball hit the first base and became a hit, but the follow-up was finished with two consecutive struck out.

In the final inning, which was tied at 2-4, Kodai Inoue created a good opportunity with a doble from one out, and Ryusei Terachi player folded the batted ball to the center fielder and returned one run. After that, Hiromi Oka player's Hit by Pitch expanded the opportunity with 2 outs on 1st and 2nd base. The following Ryusei Ogawa player also hit a hit, but Shinya Matsuishi player on second base runner touched out to home plate and the game ended. In the losing Chiba Lotte Marines, Yamaguchi scored 2 hit and Ueda scored 2 runs.

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Ji Elvin Rodriguez - Jeremy Beasley - Hong Min-ki - Park Jun-woo - Park Jeong-min - Jung Cheol-won - Yoon Sung-bin
-Kazuya Ojima-Naoya Masuda Fumiya Ono Iku Ono -Haruya Tanaka-Koshiro Hiroike

Text by Tsutsui Mao