On March 14, the open match between Chunichi and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles in Vantelin Dome ended in a 4-4 draw.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter, Ryota Takinaka pitcher, allowed the first run in the first inning with Kojo Ukai's No. 3 solo. However, immediately after the top of the second inning, Hideto Asamura player's No. 1 solo immediately tied the score. McCusker also followed with a hit, and succeeded in winning with a timely doble by Rui Muneyama player from first base with one out.

In the top of the 3rd and 5th innings, McCusker hit a timely hit to give the lead to 3 runs. pitcher Takinaka showed good pitching to closer the opponent's batting line to 1 hit after the second inning, but in the bottom of the fifth, Yuta Ishii was hit by two runs. He left the mound with 81 pitches in 5 innings, 3 hit 1 Walk 3 strike out 3 runs.

In the bottom of the 6th inning, Taisei Tsuruzaki pitcher in second place allowed Takaya Ishikawa to hit a timely hit, and the game started at the beginning. From the 7th inning Ren Kajiya pitcher, Sora Suzuki pitcher, Uchi Seiryu pitcher connected 1 inning each with no runs, but the batting line fell to 2 hit after the 7th inning, and the game ended 4-4. McCusker has 3 hit 2 RBI and Soyama has 3 hit 1 RBI.

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Raku 021010000 4
Medium 100021000 4

Ryota Takinaka, Taisei Tsurusaki, Ren Kajiya, Sora Suzuki, Uchi Seiryu
Middle Takahiro Matsuba-Kou Neo-Marat

Written by Aoi Nishijima