On April 3, the first game between Saitama Seibu Lions and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles was held in Belluna Dome, and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 6-3. They created a big inning in the midfield and did not miss a chance to win.

Starter Kosei Shoji pitcher was in a pinch due to an error by his teammates with doble from 2 outs, but he started runs with struck out follow-up. In the bottom of the 2nd inning, he gave up a runner, but cut off the follow-up, and in the bottom of the 3rd inning, he closer to a three-way retirement for the first time of the day.

On the other hand, the batting line was unable to give up runner until the top of the 3rd inning. However, in the top of the 4th inning, Daisuke Nakashima player in the lead suddenly got into scoring position with a triple, and YG Yasuda player hit a timely triple to the right line to take the lead. Ryosuke Tatsumi player also followed with a timely hit to the left, and Fumiya Kurokawa player still scored 3 runs on 2nd and 3rd base, which became the first player of the season. He scored 5 runs in one fell swoop in this inning.

Immediately after that, in the bottom of the 4th inning, Shoji pitcher allowed two consecutive timely hits from bases loaded with no outs and scored 3 runs. However, after that, he stuck to the 7th inning and concluded with 7 hit 2 walks Hit by Pitch 6 strike out 3 runs. The batting line then scored a valuable additional run in the 6th inning with a timely hit by Itsuki Murabayashi player. In the end, Masaya Nishigaki pitcher and Shoma Fujihira pitcher perfectly closer the bottom of the eighth and ninth innings, respectively, to win the game with a score of 6-3.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, who win, pulled win in with a concentrated hit in the middle and won two consecutive victories. Shoji pitcher also won two consecutive victories from the opening. Kurokawa had 2 hit, including 3 runs, and YG Yasuda recorded his first hit in the first team in two years.

Saitama Seibu Lions, who lost, suffered a difficult pitch with starter Yutaro Watanabe pitcher going 7 hit 2 walks Hit by Pitch 3 strike out 6 runs in 6 innings. The batting line scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning after being scored by Shuta Tonosaki and Canario at the right time, but there was no more chance left. Canario marked his first RBI in Japan.

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Raku ○ Kosei Shoji-Masaya Nishigaki- S Shoma Fujihira
West: Yutaro Watanabe-Shota Hamaya-Yuta Nakamura

Written by Ryo Aritake