On March 12th, the open match between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was held at Shizuoka Kusanagi Stadium, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 2-1.

In the first inning, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham created a good opportunity with one out on first and second base with a hit by the lead player Kota Yazawa and a Walk by Reyes, and took the lead with two runs with a timely hit by Yuya Gunji player and a sacrifice fly by Haruki Nishikawa.

​Rao pitcher, who started for the first time in the open game, scored one run with a timely hit by Daichi Suzuki player from 1st and 3rd base with 2 outs. After the second inning, he continued to pitch steadily, and in the fourth inning, he went down mound with 59 pitches, 3 hit 1 Walk 2 strike out 1 runs.

After the 5th inning, Koji Fukutani pitcher, Takahide Ikeda pitcher, Kenta Uehara pitcher, and Ryusei Kawano pitcher each connect 1 inning with no runs. In the bottom of the ninth, Takumi Yamamoto pitcher took the mound. hit and Hit by Pitch led to a pinch with 1 out on 1st and 2nd base, but the follow-up was cut off and the game ended 2-1.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, who won four consecutive open games, started Lao pitcher pitched four innings with one runs. After that, he defended one goal in the 5 pitcher relay. On the other hand, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles Naoto Nishiguchi pitcher, who switched to starting this season, went 5 innings with 77 pitches, 4 hit 1 Walk 2 strike out 2 runs. In the batting lineup, Rui Muneyama player has scored 2 hit.

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Sun ○ Rao -Koji Fukutani-Takahide Ikeda Kenta Uehara-Ryusei Kawano-Takumi Yamamoto
Easy ● Naoto Nishiguchi-Masahiro Ehara Tsuruzaki -Sora Suzuki-Masaya Nishigaki

Written by Yui Kayama