On March 22nd, the open match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tokyo Yakult in ES CON FIELD ended in a 1-1 draw, ending the entire open match schedule with 8 wins, 4 losses, and 3 draws.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Starter Kohei Arihara pitcher started the first inning closer a three-way retirement. In the top of the second inning, he allowed infield hit from two outs, but he closer unfazed and runs. In the bottom of the second inning immediately after, Chusei Mannami and Kota Yazawa players connected with consecutive hits, and fielder’s choice was involved in the sacrifice bunt of the Shu Yamagata players, creating a good opportunity for a bases loaded without a hit. double play took the lead in the middle.

pitcher Arihara kept the opponent at bay with no hit pitch after the 3rd inning, and went down mound with 52 pitches and 1 hit no walks Hit by Pitch 5 strike out runs in the 4th inning. From the 5th inning, Koki Kitayama pitcher went up to mound, but in the top of the 6th inning, he hit a timely hit to tie the score and the game started at the beginning.

In the bottom of the 7th inning, the batting line created a chance with 1 out and 2nd base with hit and sacrifice bunt by Yua Tamiya players, but it did not lead to a run. In the bottom of the eighth, he put runner with two outs at Walk, but pinch hitter Hiroki Tsuneya fell to the left. In the bottom of the ninth inning with the score tied, Yushin Shimizu and Taiki Narama players hit consecutive hits to make it 1st and 2nd base with no outs, but no more hits came out, and the game ended with a 1-1 score.

2nd place Kitayama pitcher made his first actual appearance after returning from the WBC, 3.1 innings, 66 pitches, 4 hit no walks, Hit by Pitch 6 strike out 1 runs. Ruei-Yang Gu Lin pitcher in 4th place recorded a maximum speed of 160 km/h. In the batting lineup, Yazawa has marked 2 hit.

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Ya: Yasuhiro Ogawa, Kota Shoji, Hiroki Onishi, Rilanso, Noboru Shimizu, Naofumi Kizawa, Tomoya Hoshi
Kohei Arihara, Koki Kitayama, Fukuya Yamazaki, Ruei-Yang Gu Lin

Written by Ao Yokoyama