On March 17th, the open match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Yokohama DeNA held at ES CON FIELD ended in a 5-5 draw.

Starter Shoma Kanemura pitcher allowed Hummel to score the first two runs in the first inning. Still, in the bottom of the second inning, Martinez picked Walk from two outs, and Yuki Nomura player tied the game with two runs in the first inning. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Walk and hit succeeded in winning with a timely hit by Yuya Gunji players from 1st and 2nd base.

Kanemura pitcher received support, but immediately after receiving consecutive doble in the top of the 4th inning, there was an error by his teammates, and he allowed the game to take the lead again in the 2nd runs of the inning. In the top of the seventh, third runner Ryusei Kawano pitcher hit a timely triple from second base with two outs, and the score was 3-5.

In the bottom of the 8th inning chasing 2 runs, players Kota Yazawa and Ryota Isobata players hit consecutive hits from 1 out, creating a good opportunity with 1 out, 2nd and 3rd base. Pinch hitter Castro's two-run timely hit brought the game back to the starting line. In the top of the ninth, Kenta Uehara pitcher allowed hit in the top of the ninth inning but did not runs. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Yasuaki Yamazaki fell to struck out three times in a row in front of pitcher, ending the game with a score of 5-5.

In the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, starter pitcher Kanemura went 5 innings with 86 pitches, 7 hit, no walks, Hit by Pitch 2 strike out, 4 runs (earned runs 3), and the result remained a challenge. The batting lineup that showed tenacity at the end of the game was 2 hit 2 RBI including Nomura Home Run, and Lin, who joined the team on the 12th, made his debut in the open game.

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De Duplantier - Marcelino - Hayate Nakagawa - Louise Reynolds - Yasuaki Yamazaki
Shoma Kanemura-Tsubasa Namatame-Ryusei Kawano-Koji Fukutani-Kenta Uehara

Written by Ao Yokoyama