The professional baseball open game, Nippon-Ham vs. Seibu, was canceled and four games were played.
▽Rakuten won 5-2 in Hanshin vs. Rakuten.
Rakuten pitcher Masahiro Tanaka pitched two innings, allowing two hits and one run.
In the batting lineup, Yukiya Ito had three hits, and Yoshiaki Watanabe had two hits, including a solo home run.
For Hanshin, pitcher Otake, who was pitching in a game for the first time, performed reasonably well, allowing three hits and one run in the second inning.
Pitcher Shoji Ito had issues with his control, allowing six hits in four innings.
▽Orix vs. Chunichi drew 1-1.
For Chunichi, Nakata, who transferred from the Giants, hit his first solo home run in an exhibition game in the fourth inning.
Pitcher Ryu pitched four innings and allowed one run.
Orix pitcher Higashi, who is certain to be in the opening rotation, pitched well with no runs allowed in the third inning.
▽DeNA vs. Lotte, DeNA won 5-0.
For DeNA, third-year pitcher Kozono pitched well with four hits and no runs in the fourth inning, promoting his place in the starting rotation.
New pitcher Hayao Nakagawa also pitched 4 innings, allowing only 2 hits and no runs.
Lotte's fifth-year pitcher Yokoyama, who is aiming to be the closer, pitched the first inning and struck out three consecutive players.
▽Softbank vs. Yakult Softbank won 2-0.
Softbank's pitcher Higashihama has advanced to the starting rotation with four hits and no runs in the fourth inning.
Pitcher Moinero, who will be converted to a starting pitcher, held down three players in the first inning in his first game.
Yakult pitcher Ozawa, who is a candidate for starting pitcher, threw the ball to both corners against his former team, preventing them from focusing on the target, and pitched well in the third inning, allowing only one hit and no runs.