On 16 March, the opening match between Hiroshima and Chiba Lotte in Mazda Stadium ended in a 0-3 loss to Chiba Lotte.

Chiba Lotte Starter pitcher Summons was hit runs without a run until the second inning, but gave up a leadoff hit in the bottom of the third and gave up a two-run shot to Fabian with one out. He got through the bottom of the fourth inning with a doble but was runs and exited after 3 hit 2 Walk 3 strike out 2 runs on 68 pitches in the fourth inning.

​Akira Yagi pitcher entered the game in the bottom of the fifth inning and allowed triple to lead off the inning, but struck out the next two batters to end the runs. However, in the bottom of the sixth, Riku Kikuchi pitcher pinch-hit from 2nd Walk and Kaito Kozono's RBI single made it 1 runs the go-ahead.

In the bottom of the seventh, Takahiro Nishimura pitcher ended with a three-way tie, and in the bottom of the eighth, it was Fumiya Ono pitcher loaded the bases with no outs on back-to-back singles, but he retired the next three batters in a row struck out and didn't allow any additional runs. The opposing offense put up runner in each inning until the fifth inning, but couldn't score. In the end, they were held scoreless in 8 hit and lost shutout game. Yudai Fujioka, who returned to the first team in the previous game and started this game as the No. 2 second baseman, has scored 4 At Bat 2 hit.

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●Sammons-Akira Yagi-Riku Kikuchi-Takahiro Nishimura-Fumiya Ono
Hiro ○Shohei Mori-Shota Nakazaki-Kenya Suzuki-Kei Kono