On 12 March, the opening match between Chiba Lotte and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham in Zozo Marine Stadium ended in a 5-2 win for Chiba Lotte.

Chiba Lotte took the lead in the first inning when Kyota Fujiwara triple hit a two-run single with two outs and Polanco followed with a two-run double. In the bottom of the second inning, Kyuto Ueda led off the inning with a infield hit and scored on an RBI doble by Ryusei Terachi with one out.

Starting pitcher Yuji Nishino pitcher was 1-hit through the third inning, including two inning in a three-way tie runs pitch. He runs in the top of the fourth on Reyes' No. 1 solo shot, but he didn't let closer in the top of the fifth, Hit by Pitch he walked mound on 56 pitches in the fifth, hit 4 1 strike out 1 runs.

In the bottom of the sixth, Katsuya Kakunaka and Shogo Nakamura hit loaded the bases with one out, and Teraji and Ryusei Ogawa added two more runs on back-to-back RBI singles. The relievers tied the top of the sixth inning with Shota Suzuki pitcher and the Yuto Kimura pitcher tied for a no-runs in the seventh inning. In the top of the ninth, Toshiya Nakamura pitcher hit a solo shot off Yuma Imagawa, but the game ended with closer 5-2 in the first hit. He stopped his losing streak in the opening round with "3". Teraji scored 2 hit 2 RBI.

In the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham loss, starter Shoma Kanemura pitcher hit 1 Walk 3 strike out 3 runs on 71 pitches in five innings and Yukiya Saito second. pitcher once 5 hit 2 runs contents. The offense hit 9 hit but scored two runs on Home Run 2.

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● Shoma Kanemura-Yukiya Saito-Ryusei Kawano-Toshihiro Sugiura
○ Yuji Nishino-Shota Suzuki-Yuto Kimura-Toshiya Nakamura

・ Match details/video