On March 7th, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Yokohama DeNA opened at Shizuoka Kusanagi Stadium, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles lost 2-9.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles created a chance in the bottom of the second inning with Itsuki Murabayashi player in the lead at doble. From 1 out and 3rd base, Takumi Aono player scored the first run with a timely doble. Still, with two outs and second base, Hikaru Ota player also hit a timely hit and scored an additional run.

Starter Kenta Maeda pitcher closer the first inning with a three-way retirement, and in the top of the second inning, he was runner with a runs on his back. However, in the top of the 3rd inning, when the leading hitter was hit by a triple, Keita Sano and Yoshitomo Tsutsuka allowed timely hits from 2 outs to tie the game. He left the mound with one out in the top of the 4th inning. Ru Kutani pitcher, who replaced him, hit the follow-up with 5 pitches.

In the top of the 5th inning, Katsutoshi Tai pitcher in 3rd place lost 2 runs with a timely hit and a push Walk from 2 outs, and in the top of the 8th inning, Contreras pitcher was hit by Viciedo with three runs. In addition, in the top of the ninth inning, he was hit by consecutive timely hits, and the score was 2-9. In the bottom of the ninth, he fell scoreless and the game ended. Starter pitcher Maeda pitched 3.1 innings, 73 pitches, 5 hit walks, Hit by Pitch 2 runs. In the batting lineup, Daisuke Nakashima has 3 hit and Murabayashi has 2 hit.

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De Higashi Katsuki - Nakagawa Hayate - Hashimoto Tatsuya - Baba Sosuke - Reynolds Louise - Marcelino
Raku Kenta Maeda - Ru Kutani -Katsutoshi Tai- Contreras

Written by Yokazu Sonoda