On March 21, the open match between The Giants and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles was played in Tokyo Dome, and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles lost 0-3.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter, Ryota Takinaka pitcher, had a difficult start in the first inning when he was hit by the first solo by the leading Cabbage. Still, after the second inning, he gave up runner but did not give up a run with persistent pitching. He went up to mound in the 5th inning, but left the game after allowing Walk to the leading hitter. Ren Kajiya pitcher, who received the rear, was attacked until bases loaded with two outs, but got through with no runs.

However, in the bottom of the 6th inning, Katsutoshi Tai pitcher was hit by Hayato Sakamoto with 2 runs in the 1st. In the bottom of the seventh, Naoto Nishiguchi pitcher took the mound, but gave the lead Walk and left the mound in an emergency. Here, the replaced Chiharu Tanaka pitcher closer runs. In the bottom of the eighth, Shoma Fujihira pitcher hit a three-way strikeout with just six pitches. The batting line was closer in 4 hit sporadic and lost shutout game. The team lost three games in a row.

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Raku ● Ryota Takinaka-Ren Kajiya-Katsutoshi Tai-Naoto Nishiguchi-Chiharu Tanaka-Shoma Fujihira
Giants: Howard - Keisuke Izumi -Ryuji Kitaura- Eito Tanaka - Kota Nakagawa - S Luciano

Text by Hiroki Tanijima