On April 3, the first game between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Orix Buffaloes was played in ES CON FIELD, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 12-3.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham created two outs and bases loaded chances in the bottom of the second inning with Yuya Gunji, Haruki Nishikawa 's hit, and Taiki Narama 's Walk, and Tatsuki Mizuno 's timely doble They scored 3 runs first. In the bottom of the 4th inning, Yuki Nomura player added 3 runs with a timely hit doble and Kotaro Kiyomiya player with a timely hit.

Starter Hiromi Ito pitcher started the first inning with a three-way closer. In the second and third innings, he put runner in scoring position, but did not step on the home plate. As a result, he went down mound with a good pitch of 6 innings, 101 pitches, 4 hit, 2 walks, Hit by Pitch 5 strike out and no runs.

In the bottom of the 6th inning, the batting line scored 5 runs in this inning with Kengo Yoshida 's timely triple, Chusei Mannami 's 4th 3 runs, and Narama's timely hit, making the score 11-0. In the top of the 7th inning, Hiroya Shimamoto pitcher was 1 runs. In the top of the 8th inning, Takumi Yamamoto pitcher widened the gap again with a 2-runs solo by Gunji, who was pushing behind it.

The game ended with Takahide Ikeda pitcher in the top of the ninth. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, who won their first consecutive victory of the season, won comfortably with a total of 15 hit and 12 points. Starter pitcher Ito marked his first win of the season. In the batting lineup, Gunji recorded 3 hit, Nomura, Kiyomiya, Yua Tamiya, and Mizu fielder’s choice recorded 2 hit.

In the losing Orix Buffaloes, starter Naruki Teranishi pitcher was unable to create a game with 3.1 innings, 61 pitches, 7 hit 3 walks Hit by Pitch 2 strike out 6 runs. The relief team also collapsed with 6 runs and pitcher formation.

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O ● Naruki Teranishi-Kaede Yokoyama Kaisei Tomatsu- Higashimatsu Kaisei - Takaya Shu -Kazuma Sato
Japan ○ Hiromi Ito-Hiroya Shimamoto-Takumi Yamamoto-Takahide Ikeda

Written by Yui Kayama