On March 21, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham lost the open match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tokyo Yakult in ES CON FIELD, 3-4.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took the lead in the first inning with Shun Mizutani 's Walk and the opponent's wild pitch to get a good opportunity with one out and third base, and Reyes' infield grounder. In addition, with Walk and Yuki Nomura players hit with 2 outs, 1st and 3rd base, he set up a heavy steal and 3rd base runner survived. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Mizutani scored an additional run with a doble and an RBI.

Starter Hiromi Ito pitcher hit the first inning with a three-way strikeout, and in the top of the second, he took all three outs from struck out. In the top of the 3rd inning, Hideki Nagaoka hit a solo shot in the second inning, and in the top of the fifth, he hit a timely hit from second base with two outs, but both of them got through with at least runs, and in the fifth inning, he went down mound with 73 pitches 3 hit 1 Walk 8 strike out 2 runs.

In the top of the 6th inning, 2nd place Rao pitcher hit 3 outs, including 2 consecutive struck out. However, in the top of the 7th inning, there was an error by a teammate, which led to a pinch with 1 out, 2nd and 3rd base, and pinch hitter Jo Miyamoto tied the score with a timely hit. Still, from 1st and 3rd base with 1 out, he allowed the team to win again due to an error by his teammates.

The batting line that wanted to regain it created a good opportunity in the bottom of the 7th inning with Mizutani's Walk and stolen base with 2 outs and 2 bases, but they could not take advantage of it. In the bottom of the eighth, he was hit by a three-way strikeout, and in the bottom of the ninth, Castro fell to struck out on three pitches, and the pinch hitter offensive was not fruitful, and the game ended with a score of 3-4.

The losing Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was the first actual mound since starting pitcher Ito rejoined the team. Although the second place Rao pitcher was defeated, it was the content of 52 pitches 4 hit no four Hit by Pitch 3 strike out 2 runs (earned runs 0 in 3 innings). In the batting lineup, Yua Tamiya has 2 hit for the batting lineup.

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Ya ○Yamano Taichi-Riranso-Kihada-S Kizawa Naofumi
Hiromi Ito- ●Rao -Kenta Uehara

Written by Ao Yokoyama