On March 14, the opening match between Tokyo Yakult and Orix Buffaloes in Jingu Stadium ended with Orix Buffaloes win 4-0.

Orix Buffaloes batting line scored two runs in the top of the second inning with three consecutive hits by Masahiro Nishino, Keita Nakagawa, and Tomoya Mori, and Kotaro Kobayashi 's sacrifice fly. In the top of the 4th inning, Nakagawa's hit and Kobayashi's Walk made it 2 outs, 1st and 2nd base, and Taishi Hirooka hit a timely hit to make it 3-0. Furthermore, in the top of the 7th inning, player Seiya Yokoyama player No. 1 solo jumped out and scored the 4th run.

The starting lineup is Alen Kuri pitcher. In the first three innings, he carried inning runner every time, but in the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings, he retired three times. He was hit hit with two outs in the bottom of the 6th inning, but cut off the follow-up and left the mound with 97 pitches 3 hit 1 Walk 5 strike out runs in the 6th inning. From the 7th inning, Shu Takaya pitcher, Seiryu Kotajima pitcher, and Kaede Yokoyama pitcher connected with runs a draw and ended the game 4-0. In the batting lineup, Ryo Ota and Nakagawa have scored 2 hit.

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O 020100100 4
Ya 0000000000 0

O ○ Alen Kuri- Takaya Shu -Seiryu Kotajima-Kaede Yokoyama
Ya ● Taichi Yamano - Noboru Shimizu - Riranso - Kihada

Written by Aoi Nishijima