On March 5, the open match between Fukuoka Softbank and Tokyo Yakult in MIZUHO PayPay Dome was win by Fukuoka Softbank 5-1.

Fukuoka Softbank will start Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher, which is unofficially decided by the opening pitcher. He got off to a good start by taking 2 struck out from the first inning, and pitched perfectly in the first round. In the top of the 4th inning, he allowed hit from one out, but he got through with double play and showed a good finish with 1 hit 4 strike out runs in the 4th inning.

The batting line took the lead in the bottom of the second inning with Yuto Akihiro 's second solo in the open game. In addition, Tomoya Inoue, Riku Watanabe, and Kenta Imamiya scored two runs in this inning with three consecutive hits. In the bottom of the fourth, Yuki Yanagita and in the bottom of the sixth, Tatsuru Yanagimachi hit timely hits to extend the lead to 5-1.

​Yusuke Ito pitcher, who took the mound in the top of the 5th inning, lost one run due to an error, but after the 6th inning, Toshiya Nakamura pitcher, Osuna pitcher, and Ryuta Inagawa pitcher connected with Gota Suzuki pitcher to close the game.

In terms of throwing, rookies Inagawa pitcher and Suzuki pitcher runs 1 inning, Akihiro hit 2 hit including the first solo, and Riku Watanabe player appealed with 2 doble.

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Ya ●Kojiro Yoshimura - Naofumi Kizawa - Noboru Shimizu - Hiroki Onishi - Tomoya Hoshi
So ○ Naoyuki Uwasawa-Yusuke Ito-Toshiya Nakamura- Osuna -Ryuta Inagawa-Gota Suzuki

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa