On March 20, in the open match between The Giants and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles in Tokyo Dome, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles lost 1-2.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter, Kosei Shoji pitcher, caused a pinch with one out on first and second base from the first inning, but two consecutive struck out and runs were unbeaten. Then, in the top of the 2nd inning, the batting line succeeded in taking the lead with Hideto Asamura player's No. 3 solo from 1 out.

Shoji pitcher gradually improved his form, and in the 3rd and 4th innings, he retired 3-out, but left the mound in the bottom of the 5th inning when he allowed hit to the lead. 4.0 innings, 64 pitches, 2 hit 2 Walk 5 strike out runs. Chia-Hao Sung pitcher, who took the mound from the middle of the 5th inning, finished off the follow-up and closer runs.

In the bottom of the sixth, rookie Ryu Kutani pitcher, the sixth pick in the draft, put a runner on third base with his own bad throw, and Dalbec hit a timely hit to tie the game. Still, in a pinch with 2 outs on 1st and 2nd base, Uchi Seiryu pitcher took the mound and did not give up the lead.

In the bottom of the 7th inning, Masaya Nishigaki pitcher hit a three-way strikeout, but Sora Suzuki pitcher, who took the mound in the bottom of the 8th, allowed the game to go over due to a mistake by defense. After taking the lead, the batting line was far away from home base. In the top of the ninth inning with one run behind, they took the lead and advanced runner to scoring position, but fell behind and became lose 1-2.

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Raku Kosei Shoji-Chia-Hao Sung-Ryu Kutani-Uchi Seiryu-Masaya Nishigaki-● Sora Suzuki
Giant Kazuyuki TAKEMARU - Yuji AKAHOSHI - Kota NAKAGAWA - ○ Eito TANAKA - S Luciano

Text by Kainagi Niwa