☆Lotte vs. Nippon-Ham (18:00, ZOZO Marine Stadium) Lotte: Mori, Nippon-Ham: Kato Takashi

Lotte, which is on a three-game losing streak, will have rookie Mori make his third appearance. He win in the opening game Seibu Lions (ZOZO Marine), and in the 2nd appearance on the 3rd Softbank Hawks (same), he did not win or lose in the 7th inning 5 hit 2 runs. If the rookie opening pitcher, who won the Nippon-Ham game on the 15th and win the opening game, wins the opening game for the second time in a row, he will be the third person to win the opening game in 1947 Zenzo Ikeda (Taiyo = ○○●) and Tadashi Sugiura (Nankai = ○○○-○○○-●) in 1958, except for 1936, the first year of professional baseball.

Furthermore, if we don't limit ourselves to opening day win, in addition to Ikeda and Sugiura, there are also Yoshiaki Ito (The Giants = -○--○●) in 1959 and Koki Kitayama (Nippon-Ham = ---○○-○-●) in 2022, making him the fifth rookie opening day pitcher to win both games to start the season. How will the rookie left-hander fare against the powerful Nippon-Ham team?

(Other cards)

☆ Hanshin Tigers vs. The Giants (18:00, Koshien) Hanshin Tigers = Lucas, The Giants = Tanaka Masahiro

☆ Chunichi vs. Hiroshima (18:00, Vantelin Dome) Chunichi = Marathon, Hiroshima = Kuribayashi

☆ Orix Buffaloes vs. Seibu Lions (18:00, Kyocera Dome Osaka) Orix Buffaloes = Takashima, Seibu Lions = Takahashi Hikaru

☆ Softbank Hawks vs. Rakuten Eagles (18:00, Mizuho PayPay Dome) Softbank Hawks = Ozeki, Rakuten Eagles = Koja

※ Match card (start time, stadium) and starting pitcher order