On 15 March, the opening match between Yokohama DeNA and Tohoku Rakuten was held in Yokohama Stadium, with Tohoku Rakuten winning 4-1 and win the match.

Tohoku Rakuten starter Howard pitcher closer runs until the third inning, despite being hit by a hit. In the bottom of the fourth, with runners on second and third with one out, Austin led off the inning with an RBI single, but he still managed to get through the inning with double play hits and a minimum of runs.

Trailing by one run in the top of the sixth, Hiroto Kobukata 's hit and two Walk with two outs bases loaded and Daichi Suzuki 's two-run RBI single doble came back. In the top of the seventh, Ofukada added an RBI doble single from first base with two outs, and in the top of the eighth, they added one run each on a one-out single and Atsuki Muto squeeze from third base to extend the lead to three.

Howard pitcher walked mound on 41 pitches in the fourth inning hit no walk 3 strike out 1 runs, and after the fifth, Ryuta Konno pitcher, Turley pitcher and Sora Suzuki pitcher and Takahiro Norimoto pitcher connect 1 inning each with no runs. Trailing 4-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning, Satoshi Miyamori pitcher closed out the game with a three-way tie. In the Tohoku Rakuten, where they win, Ofukada scored 2 hit 1 RBI and Rui Muneyama scored 2 hit.

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Raku Howard - ○ Ryuta Konno- Tarly -Sora Suzuki-Takahiro Norimoto-Satoshi Miyamori
Shinichi Onuki - ● Ise Yume - Hayate - Takita Miyagi

Text by Hayato Sugimori