On 23 March, the opening match between Orix and Hanshin Tigers in Kyocera Dome Osaka was won by Orix 2-1. They finished the season with a record of 3 wins, 10 losses and 3 draws.

In the bottom of the first inning, Orix Keita Nakagawa led off the inning with a doble and stole third base between the opposing bad throw. Ryo Ota followed with a sacrifice fly to score the first goal. In the bottom of the fifth, with one out, back-to-back singles by Yuma Mune and Nakagawa put runners on first and third, and they added one more run on an error.

Starter Taito Takashima pitcher issued runner in each of his first three inning but got through the runs before retiring three batters in the top of the fourth inning on just eight pitches. In the top of the fifth, he pinch-hit for two consecutive struck out with one out and the bases loaded, and in the top of the sixth, he struck out again with three outs. However, in the top of the seventh, Seiryu Kotajima pitcher, who replaced him, hit a leadoff doble and runs with one out and infield hit at the right time. They were down 2-1 and down by one goal.

Still, Perdomo pitcher retired three batters in the top of the eighth to take a one-run lead in the top of​ the ninth pitcher ended the match with no runs. Takashima pitcher threw 6 innings on 79 pitches hit 4 Walk 1 strike out and runs. In the batting lineup, Nakagawa, who had hit 4 At Bat 4 hit the day before, hit 3 hit on this day as well. Coach Mamoru Kishida has won his first home game.

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God ● Monbetsu Hiroto - Okadome Hidetaka - Kirishiki Takuma - Iwasaki Yu
○Yasutaka Takashima -Seiryu Kotajima- Perdomo - S. Machado

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