Due to the announcement of the schedule for the official game of the next season of the Professional Baseball Central League and the WBC = World Baseball Classic held in March, it will start on March 31, one week later than usual, and League 3 will be held. Yakult, who is aiming for consecutive victories, will face Hiroshima in the opening match.
Each team will play 143 games, including 18 interleague matches.
In the opening match, Yakult, who are aiming for their third consecutive league title, will face Hiroshima, led by manager Takahiro Arai, at Jingu Stadium, their home ground.
In addition, the Giants will face Chunichi at Tokyo Dome, and Hanshin, led by Shofu Okada, will face DeNA at Kyocera Dome Osaka.
Also, due to the fact that the G7 Summit will be held in Hiroshima Prefecture in May, Hiroshima will not be able to hold matches at Mazda Stadium, the home ground of Hiroshima City, for about two weeks from May 8th to 22nd. will continue.
In addition, the schedule for the friendly match was also announced, and the friendly match will start on May 30th and will continue until June 18th.