Results of the last 6 exhibition games before the start of the professional baseball season

Highlights: Results of the last 6 exhibition games before the start of the professional baseball season. Six professional baseball games were held, the last open game before the starts of the season. All open games have now been completed, and the season for both Central and Pacific will begin on March 29th. For the Giants, Maru and Kazuma Okamoto hit their first home runs in an exhibition game. New foreign player Cordero hit his second home run in the opening game. For DeNA, Watarai, the No. 1 draft pick, used his skillful bat control to get three hits, his third consecutive game with multiple hits.

[NHK] Six professional baseball games were held, the last open game before the start of the season.

Six professional baseball games were held, the last exhibition games before the start of the season.

Orix 5-2 Hanshin

Orix vs. Hanshin, Orix won 5-2.

Orix pitcher Tajima limited them to one run in the fourth inning.

Sou recorded three hits, including a timely hit.

For Hanshin, pitcher Saiki pitched 5 innings and allowed 7 hits, but allowed only 1 run.

Third-year pitcher Okadome, who pitched one inning, has no runs in six exhibition games pitched.

Nakano, who had been suffering from poor performance in exhibition games, showed his improvement before the start of the season with two hits in two consecutive games.

Hiroshima 3-0 Softbank

Hiroshima vs. Softbank Hiroshima won 3-0.

Hiroshima's starting pitcher, Aduwa, pitched well, allowing one hit and no runs in the third inning.

Kubo, a second-year player who is aiming to be in the first team starting the season, showed off with two hits and one RBI.

Softbank's two rookie pitchers, pitcher Iwai, started and allowed two runs in the third inning, while pitcher Sawayanagi, the second pitcher, allowed no runs in the second inning.

Giants 6-7 Rakuten

Giants vs. Rakuten, Rakuten won 7-6.

For the Giants, Maru and Kazuma Okamoto hit their first home runs in an exhibition game.

Starting pitcher Rei Takahashi, who transferred from Softbank, pitched well, allowing one run in five innings.

Rakuten's inside pitcher hit three home runs in the fourth inning, giving up five runs.

Pitcher Norimoto, who has been playing closer since this season, took the mound in the 9th inning and was caught up by one point, with one out and a third baseman on his back, but he overcame it with consecutive strikeouts and marked the save.

Seibu 3-5 Yakult

Seibu vs. Yakult, Yakult won 5-3.

For Yakult, Nishikawa had two hits and Yamada had one hit and one RBI.

Pitcher Matsumoto, who was hit in his last pitch, had power with the ball and gave an impression of his comeback with three scoreless innings.

New foreign player Cordero hit his second home run in the opening game.

Chunichi 2-1 Lotte

Chunichi vs. Lotte had a come-from-behind walk-off victory for Chunichi 2-1.

Chunichi's starting pitcher, Mejia, pitched at key points, allowing one run in the fifth inning, while second pitcher Umezu pitched well, allowing one hit and no runs in the fourth inning.

Lotte's pitcher Sasaki showed good finishing, marking 162 km/h, and allowed only two hits and no runs in the 5th inning.

Nippon Ham 2-3 DeNA

Nippon-Ham vs. DeNA, DeNA won 3-2.

For DeNA, Watarai, the No. 1 draft pick, used his skillful bat control to get three hits, his third consecutive game with multiple hits, and finished the open game with a good batting average of over .400.

Starting pitcher Onuki pitched well, collecting the balls low and pitching 5 innings with no runs.

In Nippon-Ham's batting lineup, Nomura had three hits, but starting pitcher Uehara had a tough time with eight hits and three walks during the fourth inning.

All open games have now been completed, and the season for both Central and Pacific will begin on March 29th.