On 7 March, the opening match between Orix and The Giants in Kyocera Dome Osaka ended in a 1-5 loss for Orix.

Orix started Shumpeita Yamashita pitcher. With two outs in the first inning, back-to-back errors by his teammates put runners on first and second, but he got Cabbage to ground out to struck out to end the runs. However, in the top of the second inning, another error put the runner on the back, and they gave up two runs on an RBI single by Makoto Kadowaki and a sacrifice fly by Yoshihiro Maru. He closer a three-way tie in the top of the third, but was pulled from the game in the top of the fourth inning after stole first base with no outs and struck out out. Ryota Muranishi pitcher was able to get through with no runs despite giving up 2 Walk.

​Ryoga Tomiyama pitcher, who was on third, retired three batters in the top closer of the fifth, but was removed in the top of the sixth with a Walk and one out, bases loaded. Taiki Ono pitcher, who replaced him, gave up two RBI doble to Rui Okoye and gave up one run on a wild pitch to make the score 5-0.

​Machado pitcher retired three in the top of the seventh and Kyosuke Saito pitcher tied the game at 1 hit 1 Walk no runs in the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the fifth, Kotaro Kobayashi 's doble and Koji Oshiro 's sacrifice bunt loaded the bases with one out, and in the bottom of the eighth, Kosei Osato and Keita Nakagawa 's hit put runners on first and second with one out. None of them scored. In the top of the ninth, Soichiro Yamazaki pitcher struck out 3 struck out to go on the offensive in the bottom of the ninth.

In the bottom of the ninth, Keisuke Izumi pitcher singled Walk to put runners on second and third with one out, and Kobayashi scored on a sacrifice fly. With two outs and the bases loaded, Osato fell, ending the game at 1-5. Starting pitcher pitcher Yamashita threw 61 pitches in 3.1 innings hit 1 Walk 5 strike out 2 runs (earned runs 0). fielder was lackluster offensively and defensively, scoring one goal and conceding three goals in 4 hit.

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Giant ○Iori Yamazaki - Shosei Togo - Keisuke Izumi
● Shumpeita Yamashita-Ryota Muranishi Ryota-Ryoga Tomiyama-Taiki Ono-Machado-Kyosuke Saito-Yamazaki Soichiro

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