On March 15th, the open match between Tokyo Yakult and Orix Buffaloes was held in Jingu Stadium, and the score was a 3-3 draw.

Starter Daiki Tajima pitcher scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning with four consecutive hits from two outs. After that, he went hit pitch with no hit and mound as a 4 3 Walk 3 runs in the 4th inning.

In the top of the 5th inning, when Yusuke Mugitani got on base with 2 outs and hit, Ryoto Kita returned 1 run with a timely triple, followed by Ryo Ota player with a timely hit to make it 1 run. In the top of the sixth, he got a good opportunity to bases loaded no outs in the fourth Hit by Pitch and tied the game in double play at-bats.

2nd place Yasuto Takashima pitcher closer runs while giving runner, and 4 inning 4 hit 2 Walk runs. In the meantime, it was a batting line that wanted to win, but it ended in the 7th and 8th innings, and it ended in a three-way retirement. In the top of the ninth, the lead Taishi Hirooka hit a hit, but the follow-up fell and did not score.

The bottom of the ninth inning ended with Shota Abe pitcher to end the game with a 3-3 draw. Ota played an active role of 2 hit 1 RBI, and Mugiya also marked multiple hit.

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Daiki Tajima- Takashima Yasuto -Shota Abe
Ya: Takanashi Hiromi - Numata Shohei - Hirosawa Yu - Taguchi Reito

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa