On 16 March, the opening match between Fukuoka Softbank and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham in MIZUHO PayPay Dome ended in an 8-3 win for Hokkaido Nippon-Ham.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham scored the first run in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Kengo Yoshida from third base with one out. In the top of the second inning, Torai Fushimi, Daigo Kamikawahata, and Tatsuki Mizuno hit back-to-back singles to create a good opportunity, and Yazawa had a two-run RBI single. In the top of the third inning, Fushimi's two-run RBI single scored the fifth run of the game.

Starting pitcher Hiromi Ito pitcher closer to 2 hit through the fourth inning, including a triple in the second and third innings. In the bottom of the fifth, back-to-back singles and Walk loaded the bases with no outs and bases loaded, but he retired the next three batters and retired the side of the mound after five innings with 4 hit 1 Walk 6 strike out runs on 89 pitches.

After adding one more run in the top of the sixth on an RBI doble by Shun Mizutani hitter, Koki Matsuoka pitcher moved up to the mound in the bottom of the inning and closer 1 inning on just nine pitches. However, in the bottom of the seventh, Kotaro Seimiya pitcher gave up two runs on back-to-back RBI singles by Kenta Tanigawara and Taisei Makihara, and Tsubasa Namatame pitcher moved up to mound instead Tatsuru Yanagimachi He allowed a timely hit to the plate, and the score was 6-3.

Still, in the bottom of the eighth, Takumi Yamamoto pitcher tied the game with no runs, and in the top of the ninth, Chusei Mannami hit a two-run single to open the game again. Yukiya Saito pitcher closed out the game in the bottom of the ninth inning to end the game with an 8-3 lead. Yazawa scored 2 hit 2 RBI 2 stolen base and Fushimi scored 2 hit 2 RBI for a total of 13 hit 8 win points. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham

In Fukuoka Softbank the loss, starter Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher went 9 hit 1 Walk 5 strike out 5 runs on 85 pitches in five innings. Tanigawara threw a total of 11 hit, including a 2-hit-1 RBI, but only scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh.

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○ Hiromi Ito-Koki Matsuoka-Kotaro Seimiya-Tsubasa Namatame-Takumi Yamamoto-Yukiya Saito
● Naoyuki Uwasawa-Shunsuke Iwai-Yuki Tsumori-Hernandez-Hikaru Kimura-Shunsuke Iwasaki

Text by Haruka Sonoda

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