On March 22, the open match between Chunichi and Chiba Lotte Marines in Vantelin Dome was lost by Chiba Lotte Marines 2-6.

Chiba Lotte Marines 's starter, Kazuya Ojima pitcher, got through with a runner in scoring position in the first inning at 2 Walk, but got through with no runs. However, in the bottom of the 2nd inning, Walk and consecutive hits made it bases loaded with no outs, and Takuya Kinoshita's timely hit and Rintaro Tsujimoto's No. 1 2 runs made it 4 runs. Furthermore, in the bottom of the 4th inning, Kinoshita and Calliste lost 2 runs due to consecutive timely hits, and left the mound with 8 hit 3 Walk 1 strike out 6 runs in the 4th inning 88 pitches.

On the other hand, the batting line stayed at 3 hit until the 4th inning and could not catch the flow. Still, in the top of the 5th inning, Toshiya Sato 's Walk and Ryusei Ogawa 's infield hit made it 2 outs, 1st and 2nd base, and Eito Takabe's timely infield hit returned 1 run.

In the bottom of the 5th, when the 2nd runner Atsuya Hirohata pitcher cut off with a 3-way strikeout, in the bottom of the 6th inning Ryo Sakai pitcher, in the bottom of the 7th inning Naoya Masuda pitcher connected with no runs, and in the bottom of the 8th, Shuta Takano pitcher showed a good pitch to finish with three consecutive struck out. Then, in the top of the ninth inning with a five-run deficit, the first solo shot was hit by a Ryusei Terachi player with one out. However, the counterattack ends here. Chiba Lotte Marines lost 2-6. Starter Kojima pitcher was unable to create a game with 8 hit 3 Walk 1 strike out 6 runs on 88 pitches in 4 innings. In addition, Eito Takabe recorded 2 hit 1 RBI.

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● Kazuya Ojima-Atsuya Hirohata-Ryo Sakai-Naoya Masuda-Shuta Takano
Central ○ Marat-Makino Kenshin-Hashimoto Yuki-Mejia-Abreu

Text by Mao Tsutsui