On March 7th, the open match between Saitama Seibu Lions and Tokyo Yakult held at Haruno Sports Park was win by Saitama Seibu Lions 7-0.

Starter Kaima Taira pitcher gave up runner, but the follow-up was firmly closer, pitching 1 hit runs in 3 innings. On the other hand, in the bottom of the second inning, Shuta Tonosaki player reached base with a doble, and from third base with one out, Shinya Hasegawa player succeeded in taking the lead with a timely doble.

In the bottom of the seventh, Reon Murata player made a timely doble and scored an additional run. In the bottom of the eighth, local rookie Yushin Kawada scored hit and stolen base, and Shun Akiyama continued to create chances, scoring five runs at once with timely hits by Kazunari Ishii and Sena Tsuge.

The relief team connected with Hibiki Shinohara pitcher in the top of the 4th inning and Shota Hamaya pitcher in the top of the 5th, and Wataru Matsumoto pitcher runs 3 inning from the 6th inning. The top of the ninth inning with a score of 7-0 ended with Taishi Mameda pitcher, ending the game. The batting line with 7 runs scored in 13 hit was 2 hit by Masashi Kuwahara, Sotosaki, and Hasegawa.

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Ya ●Yamano Taichi - Hirosawa Yu - Hasegawa Chuuki - Sakaguchi Kosuke
West: Kaima Taira, Hibiki Shinohara, Shota Hamaya, Wataru Matsumoto, Taishi Mameda

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa