On March 7, the open match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Chiba Lotte Marines in ES CON FIELD was win by Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 5-3.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 's starter, Tamon Asari pitcher, allowed hit in the top of the first and second innings, respectively, but calmly cut off the follow-up and got through with no runs. In the top of the 3rd inning, he closer to 3 out with only 10 pitches, and in the 3rd inning, he went down with 29 pitches, 2 hit walks Hit by Pitch, and 3 strike out runs mound.

In the bottom of the 3rd inning, the batting line created a good opportunity with 1 out, 2nd and 3rd base with hit and Walk of rookie Minato Handa, 4th place in the draft. Here, the first place in training, Hiroki Tsuneya player, is triple at the right time and takes the lead by two points. Still, from 1 out and 3rd base, 2nd place player sacrifice fly Kane Edokpolo scored 3 runs in this inning, and in the bottom of the 6th, Castro scored the 4th run with his second Home Run in the open game.

In the top of the 7th inning, Nao Miyanishi pitcher, who was in 4th place, hit consecutive hits with no outs on 1st and 3rd base, and Koki Yamaguchi 's sacrifice fly and Soto's 2 runs closed the gap to 1 run. However, immediately after that, in the bottom of the 7th inning, he made it a bases loaded due to consecutive hits, and immediately returned one run with a push Walk.

In the top of the eighth, rookie Jay Ohkawa pitcher, the No. 1 draft, showed a good relief closer three strikes, and in the top of the ninth, Taisei Yanagawa pitcher closed with a dangerous pitch to end the game 5-3. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham had 5 rookies make starting line-up appearances, while Kaito Fujimori, Tokoya, and Handa recorded hit.

For Chiba Lotte Marines, starting Haruya Tanaka pitcher went 3-for-3 hit 3 runs. At the end of the game, they closed the gap to one point, but fell one step short.

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-Haruya Tanaka-Yusuke Azuma- Miyazaki Hayate - Castillo -Rikuto Yokoyama
Japan ○ Tamon Asari-Koji Fukutani-Ryusei Kawano-Nao Miyanishi-Jay Ohkawa-Taisei Yanagawa

Written by Yokazu Sonoda