On March 14th, the open match between Chiba Lotte Marines and Saitama Seibu Lions was held in Zozo Marine Stadium, and Chiba Lotte Marines win 1-0.

Chiba Lotte Marines 's starter, Haruya Tanaka pitcher, showed a stable pitch from the first inning and allowed only hit 1 in the third inning. In the top of the 4th inning, he was hit repeatedly from 2 outs, but he closer the follow-up to the middle fly. After that, he continued to pitch well with a powerful fastball as a weapon, and left the mound with a strike out no runs in the 5th inning 3 hit 1 Walk 5 no .

In the top of the 6th inning, Miyazaki pitcher, and in the top of the 7th, Long pitcher led to a three-way retirement. In the top of the eighth, Koshiro Hiroike pitcher closer a key point even though they were hit by doble. In the top of the ninth, Shota Suzuki pitcher closer and waited for a run.

In the bottom of the ninth, Misho Nishikawa got on base with a Walk. Pinch runner Koshiro Wada tried to stolen base, and there was an opponent's error, so he produced a no-out third base. Ryusei Terachi player scored squeeze and the match ended with a score of 1-0. Chiba Lotte Marines won walk-off. He suffered with 4 hit sporadic outs until the 8th inning, but showed tenacity in the final inning.

Saitama Seibu Lions 's starter, Kaima Taira pitcher, pitched 4 innings with 2 hit no walks Hit by Pitch, 3 strike out runs pitches. The relief team after that connected with a runs, but the batting line was silent. I also made a mistake and suffered a lose.

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Kaima Taira- Wingenter -Hiroshi Kaino- Iwaki Hayato - E. Ramirez - ● Taishi Mameda
Haruya Tanaka- Miyazaki Hayate - Long -Koshiro Hiroike- ○ Shota Suzuki

Written by Aoi Nemoto