An exhibition game between the Yomiuri The Giants and the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles will be held at Tokyo Dome on March 22nd at 2 PM.

The player to watch for Tohoku Rakuten Eagles is Hideto Asamura. Although hit in the previous game, he hit Home Run in two consecutive games from the 18th to the 20th, raising his batting average, which had been languishing in the .100s, to the .200s. Having suffered shutout game loss in the previous game, he will be looking to make some solid contact in the final game of the preseason and get himself in top form for the start of the season.

Text by Hiroki Tanijima