On March 13th, the open match between Chiba Lotte Marines and Saitama Seibu Lions was held in Zozo Marine Stadium, and Chiba Lotte Marines win 3-2.

Chiba Lotte Marines 's starter, Kaidai Mori pitcher, took the lead in the top of the third inning with one out and two bases in Walk and stolen base, and took the lead with a timely doble by Masayuki Kuwahara players. In the top of the 4th inning, he was hit by Seiya Watanabe 's No. 1 solo hit, and in the 4th inning, he left the mound with 67 pitches, 3 hit 1 Walk 2 strike out 2 runs.

In the bottom of the 5th inning, the batting line created a good opportunity with one out and bases loaded with an enemy error, a hit by Ko Matsukawa players, and a Walk by Ryusei Ogawa players, and returned one run with a timely hit by Kyota Fujiwara players.

In the bottom of the 7th inning, Eito Takabe's Walk and stolen base, and Yudai Fujioka 's sacrifice bunt made it 1 out and 3rd base, and Toshiya Sato 's batted ball led to fielder’s choice and tied the game. Furthermore, Fujiwara hit a timely doble from second base with two outs and succeeded in turning the game around.

From the 5th inning onwards, Daisheng pitcher, Naoya Masuda pitcher, Keisuke Sawada pitcher, and Shuta Takano pitcher each connect 1 inning with no runs. In the top of the ninth, Rikuto Yokoyama pitcher closed the game and ran away by one run. In the win Chiba Lotte Marines, Fujiwara showed 4 hit 2 RBI.

On the other hand, Saitama Seibu Lions pitched well with starter Natsuki Takeuchi pitcher pitching 4 innings, 3 hit 2 strike out no runs in 61 innings.

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West Mori Kaidai-Daisei-Naoya Masuda ○ Keisuke Sawada-Shuta Takano-S Rikuto Yokoyama
Natsuki Takeuchi, Hibiki Shinohara Haruse Narita Mikato Aoyama Masaya Kuroda

Written by Aoi Nishijima