On March 5th, the open match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Saitama Seibu Lions was held in ES CON FIELD, and Saitama Seibu Lions win 4-3.

Saitama Seibu Lions 's starter, Natsuki Takeuchi pitcher, closer the first inning to runs, and the 2nd and 3rd innings were 3-way retirements, with 3 innings 1 hit no runs. The batting line leads by two runs in the top of the third inning with bases loaded to Manaya Nishikawa timely infield hit by players and Sena Tsuge players in the top of the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly.

However, immediately after that, in the bottom of the 4th inning, the second runner Haruse Narita pitcher caused a pinch with a series of hits, and the Tatsuki Mizuno player hit a timely doble to tie the game. Wingenter pitcher, who took the mound in the bottom of the fifth, also allowed one run on Shun Mizutani 's timely doble and allowed the game to take the lead.

After that, the batting line continued to be far away from home base while giving up runner every time, but in the top of the ninth, the leading players Yuto Koga and Kazunari Ishii players hit consecutive hits to create a chance with two outs and bases loaded. Shun Akiyama's batted ball caused the opponent's second baseman to make an error, and he scored two runs and succeeded in turning the game around. In the end, Ryota Itokawa pitcher closed the bottom of the ninth inning to end the game.

The batting lineup hit a total of 10 hit and Canario marked 2 hit. The relief team also connected with a no-hit runs relay after the 6th inning. On the other hand, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, who lost, took advantage of the opportunity in the midfield to turn the game around, but were unable to score after that. The relief team also pitched well, but missed the win due to a painful timely error.

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Natsuki Takeuchi-Haruse Narita- Wingenter - E. Ramirez -Hiroshi Kaino- ○ Iwaki Sou -Ryota Itokawa
Sun Fukuya Yamazaki -Takahide Ikeda- Rao - Hiroya Shimamoto - ● Taisho Tamai

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa