On 23 March, the opening match between Chunichi and Tohoku Rakuten was played in Vantelin Dome, with Tohoku Rakuten winning 3-1 in win. They finished the season with a record of 5 wins, 8 losses and 3 draws.

Tohoku Rakuten starter Wataru Karashima pitcher loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the second inning and a two-out bases loaded in the third hit and allowed an RBI single to lead off the inning. In the bottom of the third, he walked runner with no runs, but was removed in the bottom of the fourth with two outs and Walk. Naoto Nishiguchi pitcher, who was behind him, survived with no runs despite being hit by hit.

Trailing by one run in the top of the fourth, the Yankees had a chance with two outs on Ryosuke Tatsumi 's doble and Daichi Suzuki hit an RBI single to tie the game. In the top of the fifth, back-to-back singles by Hideto Asamura and Yukiya Ito loaded the bases with no outs and bases loaded groundouts to put the game out of reach. He also had a two-run lead at 3-1 on a double steal.

In the bottom of the fifth, Uchi Seiryu pitcher got all three outs on struck out, and after the sixth, Satoshi Miyamori pitcher, Shoma Fujihira pitcher and Masahiro Ehara pitcher tied the game with no runs on the 1 inning and Takahiro Norimoto pitcher tied the bottom of the ninth with a three-way tie.

pitcher Shinjima threw 58 pitches in 3.2 innings with 7 hit 1 Walk 2 strike out 1 runs. The six reliever showed no runs pitch. In the batting lineup, Ito hit 2 hit.

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Wataru Karashima ○ Naoto Nishiguchi-Uchi Seiryu-Satoshi Miyamori-Shoma Fujihira Fujihira-Masahiro Ehara-S Takahiro Norimoto
Naka: Yuya Yanagi - Muller