On 21 March, Western League regular season and Orix in the first round match against Hiroshima in Sugimotoshoji Buffaloes Stadium Maishima ended in a 1-5 loss to Orix.

Orix 's starting pitcher will be rookie Naruki Teranishi pitcher, the No. 2 pick in the draft. He got off to a great start, closer a perfect first three inning. However, in the top of the fourth, with Walk one out and runners on hit and one out, Yuhito Nakata singled to third base to give up one run. In the top of the fifth, with one out and bases loaded on the 3 hit, he was removed after a two-run RBI single by Kosuke Tanaka. Ryota Muranishi pitcher, who replaced him, gave up one run on an RBI error by third baseman and added a triple in the top of the seventh to runs the score.

After a scoreless hit until the fifth inning, the Yankees scored one run in the bottom of the sixth when Shuna Hori loaded Hit by Pitch with two outs and Kosei Osato singled to load the bases on an RBI triple. Kaito Iriyama pitcher, who entered the game in the middle of the seventh inning, went 1.2 hit 1 Walk runs and Kaede Yokoyama in the top of the ninth pitcher tied the bases runs with no outs, but the bats were 1 hit-1 after the seventh inning, ending the game with a 5-1 lead. Teranishi pitcher went 6 hit 1 Walk 3 strike out 4 runs (earned runs 2 in 4.1 innings on 60 pitches), and Muranishi pitcher 3 hit 1 runs in two innings.

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Wide ○Nami Hidaka - Taketoshi Akatsuka - Ginji Hasebe - Atsushi Endo
O ● Naruki Teranishi-Ryota Muranishi-Kaito Iriyama-Kaede Yokoyama

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