On February 22nd, the open match between Yokohama DeNA and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held at Union Stadium Ginowan ended in a 2-2 draw.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter, Kenta Maeda pitcher, started the bottom of the first inning with a three-way retirement. However, in the bottom of the second inning, Walk and hit caused a pinch with one out on first and second base, and lost two runs in consecutive hits. Still, the batting line got a good opportunity in the top of the 3rd inning immediately after with a doble by the leadoff Kengo Horiuchi, and returned one run with a timely hit by Hiroto Kobukata player from 2 outs.

Furthermore, in the top of the 4th inning, due to player Daichi Suzuki 's infield hit and an enemy error, a timely hit from 1st and 3rd base was hit by player Rui Muneyama to tie the game. In the bottom of the 4th inning immediately after, Contreras pitcher, who took the mound in the inning, got through with a runs, and after that, Ryu Kutani pitcher, Ureña pitcher, and Chia-Hao Sung pitcher each connected with a runs pitch.

It was a batting line aiming for a victory, but after the 5th inning, it was impossible to attack the opponent's pitcher with no hit. In the bottom of the ninth inning, with the score tied, Taisei Tsuruzaki pitcher hit the follow-up while carrying a pinch with one out and second base, and the game ended. Kofukada is showing 2 hit 1 RBI performance.

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Kenta Maeda- Contreras -Ryu Kutani- Ureña -Chia-Hao Sung- Tsurusaki Taisei
Shintaro Fujinami - Takita Miyagi - Yuya Sakamoto - Torahiro Nakagawa - Daimu Ise - Reynolds - Yasuaki Yamazaki

Written by Aoi Nishijima