Six professional baseball games were held.

▽ Rakuten vs Orix drew 2 to 2.



Rakuten gave up 2 runs in the middle of the 6th inning with safe pitching, except for the 4th inning when Norimoto was hit in a row.



For Orix, Naito, a rookie ranked second in the draft, hit his first timely opening game.



Starting pitcher Azuma pitched well with no runs in the 4th inning.



▽ Yakult vs. Lotte, Yakult won 4 to 2.



In Yakult, pitcher Takanashi, a starting candidate, pitched well with no runs in the 3rd and 1/3 innings, but Saisneed lacked accuracy in his fastball and gave up 2 runs in the 3rd inning.



In Lotte, Ogino performed well with 3 hits and 2 RBIs, including a home run.



▽ In Softbank vs. Giants, the Giants won 3-0.



In the Giants, pitcher Yokokawa, who is aiming to be the starting pitcher, skillfully used slowness and speed, and kept no runs in the fifth inning.



As for the batting line, Okada appealed to the opening 1st army with 3 hits including a home run.



Softbank's pitcher Ishikawa was hit every time and gave up 5 hits and 2 runs in the middle of 5 innings.



▽ Hanshin won 11 to 6 in DeNA vs. Hanshin.



For Hanshin, Morishita, who graduated from Chuo University and was drafted first in the draft, hit a home run and appealed to join the opening lineup.



Starting pitcher Yuki Nishi was lackluster with 9 hits and 5 runs in 5 innings.



His *Hamaguchi pitcher in DeNA had an unstable start and gave up 4 runs in the 5th inning.



▽ Nippon-Ham vs. Seibu, Seibu won 3-1.



Nippon-Ham pitched in the 8th inning and kept the first inning scoreless after Yazawa, a rookie who graduated from Nippon Sport Science University and was the first draft pick, came out as a pinch hitter and protected the right.



In Seibu, Yokawa showed good performance with 2 hits and 2 RBIs in 2 consecutive games.



▽ Chunichi vs. Hiroshima ended in a 2-2 draw.



In Chunichi, starting pitcher Yudai Ohno performed well with no hits in the fifth inning, and Viciedo did well with three hits, including two hits in a timely manner.



In Hiroshima, pitcher Endo, who is aiming to enter the starting rotation, pitched well with no runs in the fifth inning.



In the batting lineup, Tamura and Nirasawa both appeared as substitutes and hit two bases in a timely manner to show off their batting power.



*Hama is a hama-no-tsukuri style.