On 18 March, the first round match between Saitama Seibu and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham in Eastern League regular season was played in CAR3219 Field, where Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 4-1.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham The Yankees scored one run in the top of the third inning on RBI singles by Shu Yamagata doble and Kazuki Miyazaki with two outs. With the score tied in the top of the seventh, Naoki Arizono singled to load the bases with Walk and Daiki Asama drove in two runs. In the top of the eighth, Arizono hit an RBI single with two outs to make the score 4-1.

The starter, Koki Kitayama pitcher, started the first inning with a closer three-way tie. With two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the third, Kakeru Yamanobe tied the game with an RBI single, but he didn't allow a run to score, exiting the mound on 3 hit 2 Walk 5 strike out 1 runs on 99 pitches in 5.2 innings. Ryuji Kitaura pitcher, who came in the middle of the sixth inning, closer the second on a wild pitch and Haruka Nemoto pitcher took the mound in the bottom of the seventh. He closed out the game with a pitch to closer 3 inning without runs.

win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was a steady pitch by starter pitcher Kitayama, who allowed 1 runs in six innings. pitcher Nemoto, the No. 3 hitter, also pitched well, going 1 hit no walk 4 strike out runs in three innings. Asama scored four runs in seven hit, including two hit, including Home Run, and Yuya Shindo also hit two hit. On the other hand, Saitama Seibu had a strong start, Towa Uema pitcher, who threw 3 hit 3 strike out 1 runs on 79 pitches in six innings, but the bats did not perform well, scoring a total of 4 hit 1 run.

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Koki Kitayama-Ryuji Kitaura-Haruka Nemoto
Towa Uema- Ryosuke Ryosuke Moriwaki-Katsunori Hirai

Text by Rihoko Niwa

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