On March 20, the open match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tokyo Yakult in ES CON FIELD ended in a 1–1 draw.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Starter Kota Tatsu pitcher showed a stable start in the first inning with a three-way retirement. In the top of the 2nd inning, there was an error by a teammate to make it 1st and 2nd base, but he escaped the pinch with double play. After the 3rd inning, he kept the opponent at bay with 2 inning consecutive 3-way retirements. He went down mound with 44 pitches, 1 hit, no walks, Hit by Pitch 3 strike out, no runs.

From the top of the 5th inning, Fukuya Yamazaki pitcher went to mound. However, Tama Masuda hit the first solo shot and allowed the first run. Still, in the top of the 6th inning, Takumi Yamamoto pitcher allowed hit, but when he hit the follow-up, in the top of the 7th, Ryusei Kawano pitcher caused a pinch with 1 out and 2nd base due to an error by his teammates, but he connected with no runs.

In the top of the 8th inning, Taisei Yanagawa pitcher hit 3 consecutive struck out, and immediately after that, in the bottom of the 8th inning, the batting line was Shun Mizutani player hit and Reyes' Walk with 2 outs on 1st and 2nd base, Yuya Gunji The score was tied with a timely hit by the player. In the top of the ninth, Seigi Tanaka pitcher closer to runs and waited for support. However, in the bottom of the ninth inning, the game ended with a three-way retirement, and the game ended with a score of 1-1. Mizutani scored 3 hit and Kota Yazawa player marked 2 hit, and No. 1 and No. 2 were active.

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Ya Yoshimura Kojiro - Hirosawa Yu - Hoshi Tomoya - Kihada
Kota Kota Tatsu- Fukuya Yamazaki -Takumi Yamamoto-Ryusei Kawano-Taisei Yanagawa-Seigi Tanaka

Written by Ao Yokoyama