On 18 March, the opening match between Saitama Seibu and Hiroshima in Belluna Dome was win 6-0 by Saitama Seibu.

Saitama Seibu opened the scoring in the first inning with back-to-back singles by Shinya Hasegawa and Manaya Nishikawa to put runners on first and third with no outs, and Nevin's two-run RBI single doble took the lead. In the bottom of the sixth, back-to-back singles by Shuta Tonosaki, Shoya Makino and Natsuo Takizawa put the game on the board with no outs and bases loaded on the line, and Nishikawa hit a two-run RBI single with one out. With two outs and runners on first and second base, Daiju Nomura hit an RBI single to extend the lead to five runs.

The starter, Chihiro Sumida pitcher, was hit by a pitch in the first inning and the hit top of the second inning, but did not allow a runner to reach second base. After that, he closer retired three batters in two consecutive inning, and in the top of the fifth, he gave up a hit with two outs, but retired the next two batters and retired the mound on a strong pitch of 55 pitches, 3 Hit by Pitch hit 4 strike out no runs in the fifth.

​Shinnosuke Hada pitcher, E. Ramirez pitcher and Shunsuke Sato pitcher each inning connected on a runs in the sixth inning, and in the bottom of the eighth, Hiyu Motoyama hit, Nishikawa, and Ryosuke Kodama each hit Walk to create a two-out, bases loaded opportunity. Nomura's sacrifice fly made the score 6-0.

In the top of the ninth inning, Wingenter pitcher closed out the game. Saitama Seibu, who have win, have scored a total of 39 hit 16 goals in their last four games. In this match, Tozaki played 3 hit and Nishikawa played 2 hit 2 RBI.

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Wide ●Tsunehiro Hayato - Kobayashi Takato - Daido Atsutaka
West: Chihiro Sumida, Shinnosuke Hada Shunsuke Sato Wingenter

Text by Aoi Nishijima

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