Six games were played in professional baseball, and Yakult and Hiroshima in the Central League and Softbank in the Pacific League got off to a good start with three consecutive wins.

Softbank 6-4 Nippon-Ham

In the 5th inning, which chased 3 to 4 and 1 point, Softbank took 2 points with Mimori's timely three-base and turned around, and escaped with a pitcher relay.


The third pitcher, Fujii, who had a good relief from the middle of the 5th inning, named the white star since 2018 when he belonged to Hiroshima, and Softbank has won the opening three consecutive wins.



Nippon-Ham's relief team collapsed and the opening three consecutive losses.

Seibu 7-6 Orix

Seibu chased 1 to 6 in the 6th inning, scoring 4 points in O'Grady's timely two-base and Yamakawa's No. 2 double to close the gap by one point.


Then, in the 8th inning, Mori made a double-point timely two-base reversal, and in the 9th inning, pitcher Masuda held back and made his first save of the season.



Orix's pitchers collapsed, and the hit line did not hit after the fifth inning.

Rakuten 6-5 Lotte (extended 11 times goodbye)

In the 9th inning, Nishikawa's sacrifice fly caught up with a 5-5 tie, and in the 11th inning, Kazuki Tanaka hit a center-over two-base hit on second base out and won a goodbye.


Rakuten won its first victory of the season, and the sixth pitcher, Yuki Matsui, scored a white star for the first time in two years.



Lotte turned around in the 8th inning with a pinch hitter Yamaguchi's No. 1 three-run, but the relief team could not keep the lead.

Chunichi 7-5 Giants (extended 10 times)

In the 9th inning to chase 2 points, Oshima caught up with the tie in a timely manner, and in the 10th inning, Mizowaki, who participated in the middle of the game, hit 2 points in a timely manner to decide the match.


Chunichi won his first victory of the season, and the fourth pitcher, Shimizu, gave a white star for the first time in two years.



The giant failed to escape and missed three consecutive victories.

Yakult 4-0 Hanshin Yakult wins the opening three consecutive wins for the first time in 14 years

Yakult took the lead with Santana's No. 3 solo in the second inning, and added two points in the sixth inning with consecutive timely hits by Yamada and Murakami.


Starting pitcher Takanashi closed the key points and scored a white star in the sixth inning with no runs, and Yakult won the opening three consecutive wins for the first time in 14 years.



Hanshin couldn't support the rookie pitcher Takuma Kirishiki, who pitched for the first time as a professional pitcher, and lost two games in a row.

Hiroshima 7-6 DeNA

In the 9th inning to chase 1 point, Hiroshima turned around from 2 out bases loaded to Nishikawa's runner-cleaning timely three-base.


Pitcher Nakazaki, the fourth pitcher, gave the winning star for the first time in two years, and pitcher Kuribayashi is the first save of the season.


Hiroshima has won the opening three consecutive wins.



DeNA suffered three consecutive losses in the opening season for the second consecutive year, as pitcher Yamazaki was unable to keep the lead.