On March 18th, the open match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Yokohama DeNA held in ES CON FIELD was win by Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 3-2.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 's starter, Takayuki Kato pitcher, allowed the first run in the first inning with consecutive long and short hits by Takuma Hayashi and Hummel in the first inning, but the batting line tied the game with Reyes' second solo shot in the open game from two outs in the bottom of the first inning. In the bottom of the fourth, Reyes hit a hit from one out, followed by Yuya Gunji 's first and two runs in the open game.

Takashi Kato, who rebuilt after the second pitcher, closer the 3 inning from the 3rd inning perfectly. In the top of the 7th inning with a score of 3-1, from 3rd base with no outs, infield lost 1 run between ground balls, but the lead was defended. I got off the mound in this time.

In the top of the 8th inning, the 2nd runner, Hiroya Shimamoto pitcher, caused a pinch with 1 out on 1st and 2nd base with infield hit and Walk, and left the mound with 2 outs. Takahide Ikeda pitcher, who replaced him, finished off the follow-up with a missed struck out. In the top of the ninth, Ruei-Yang Gu Lin pitcher closer with only nine pitches to end the game.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, starter Takashi Kato pitcher pitched 7 innings with 5 Hit by Pitch hit no walks and 2 runs in 7 innings. In the batting lineup, Reyes' No. 2 solo and Gunji's No. 1 2 runs were born, and they won a close game with a one-shot offensive.

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De Cox - Tatsuya Hashimoto - Hiromu Ise - Mitsuki Yoshino - Takita Miyagi
Japan ○ Takayuki Kato-Hiroya Shimamoto-Takahide Ikeda-S Ruei-Yang Gu Lin

Written by Riyoko Niwa