Four professional baseball exhibition games were held.
《Chunichi vs. Hanshin》
▽Chunichi vs. Hanshin Chunichi won 4-1.
For Chunichi, Miyoshi, who was aiming for a corner of the outfield, showed his presence with his batting with two hits and one RBI, and Calliste also hit two runs on timely base.
Starting pitcher Ryu pitched two innings and allowed one run.
Hanshin's starting pitcher, Saiki, gave up two runs in the third inning, while pitcher Gera, a new foreign pitcher, pitched in his first game and allowed no runs in the first inning.
《Nippon Ham vs. Hiroshima》
▽Nippon-Ham vs. Hiroshima, Nippon-Ham won a come-from-behind walk-off 3-2.
Nippon-Ham's two left-handed pitchers, who are aiming to join the starting rotation, pitched well.
Pitcher Uehara has a powerful fastball, allowing one hit and no runs through four innings.
Pitcher Nemoto had four strikeouts and allowed two hits and no runs in the third inning.
In Hiroshima, Shosei Nakamura, a seventh-year player who is aiming to become a fixture in the first team, made a timely hit.
Pitcher Tamamura, a fifth-year pitcher, pitched three scoreless innings.
《DeNA vs. Rakuten》
▽DeNA vs. Rakuten: DeNA won 4-2.
DeNA's starting pitcher, Taira Taira, showed good adjustment, allowing one run in three innings.
Sano had two hits to left field with skillful bat control.
Rakuten's rookie pitcher Koja, who was ranked No. 1 in the draft, made his first appearance in an exhibition game and pitched 3 innings, giving up 7 hits and 3 runs, resulting in no results.
In the batting lineup, Kurokawa had three hits.
《Giants vs. Yakult》
▽The Giants vs. Yakult, Yakult won 2-1.
Yakult's pitcher Ozawa pitched into the starting rotation after pitching no runs in the third inning.
For the Giants, pitcher Nishidate, the No. 1 draft pick, pitched two innings with no hits and no runs, and pitcher Iori Yamasaki pitched well, pitching no runs in the first inning.