On 14 March, the opening match between Hiroshima and Chiba Lotte in Mazda Stadium ended in a 0-3 loss to Chiba Lotte.

Chiba Lotte starter Kazuya Ojima pitcher was hit by a pitch with two outs in the first inning to put runners on first and second, but he was able to get the next out of the inning to end the runs. He retired three batters in the bottom of the second, including two strike out, and closer in the bottom of the third, he needed just eight pitches to fend off the opposing offense. However, in the bottom of the fifth, Shogo Akiyama scored on an RBI triple with two outs. Still, with two outs and the bases loaded, he struck out a grounder to end the inning with a runs run.

In the top of the second inning, Misho Nishikawa 's doble and two Walk loaded the bases with two outs and bases loaded, but Eito Takabe was hit by a pitch and the opportunity was not capitalized. In the top of the third inning, the leadoff Ryusei Ogawa loaded the bases with Walk. He stole third base between two outfield flies to put runners on third with two outs, but Polanco was thrown out at struck out to end the inning.

​Boss pitcher, who entered the game in the bottom of the sixth inning, gave up a No. 2 solo to Kota Hayashi and another No. 1 solo to Ryosuke Kikuchi in the bottom of the seventh to make the score 0-3. The bats were unable to put runner in scoring position after the fourth inning, and in the top of the ninth inning, Nishikawa loaded the bases with one out and Walk, but the runner behind him was caught and struck out to end the game.

Starting pitcher pitcher Kojima, who was scheduled to start the season pitcher, pitched well, allowing 5 hit and no walks Hit by Pitch 6 strike out 1 runs on 78 pitches in five innings. Rookie Nishikawa, the No. 1 pick in the draft, is the team's only hit in this game.

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● Kazuya Ojima- Boss
Hiroshi Morishita - Shun Okamoto - Sotaro Shimauchi - Ryoji Kuribayashi

Text by Aoi Yokoyama