Open game: Seibu 1 - 0 Hanshin Tigers <March 11th Belluna Dome >

On the 11th, in an exhibition game against Hanshin Tigers, Seibu pitcher closer the Hanshin Tigers batting line to no hits until there were two outs in the ninth inning with the score at 1-0.

Shinya Sugai starter threw 60 pitches in five innings and hit closer 0, 2 strike out, 2 BB, and no runs in the 6th, Kaima Taira, 7th and Shunsuke Sato, and Ramirez in the 8th inning were also retired by three, and Wingenter, who entered the game in the ninth inning for a 1-0 lead, struck out Hayao Machida in the leadoff spot struck out Ryuhei Obata followed with a wild pitch struck out to get two outs.

He was the only one left to reach the no hitter by throwing the ball to the short stop, but Ukyo Maekawa followed with a infield hit to . Immediately, director Fumiya Nishiguchi requested a request, but the decision was not overturned. In the end, he finished off Seiya Kinami with a struck out and escaped with a shutout game relay.

After the game, Manager Nishiguchi said, "There's nothing to say. It was a nice game." Regarding the scene he requested, he explained, "If the call had been overturned and he'd been called out there, I think it would have been a really great home opening game with no hitter and shutout game win."

Regarding the 1-0 win, he said, "I think this kind of win is really big in the sense that it's playing defensive baseball, so I'd like to continue aiming for it."

(Nippon Broadcasting System Show Up Night Game Reporting Team)