{"id":657978,"date":"2026-04-02T02:58:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657978\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T02:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:58:26","slug":"todays-npb-if-lotte-wins-the-opening-series-in-a-row-for-the-second-year-in-a-row-it-will-be-a-first-for-the-team-on-the-other-hand-seibu-lions-loses-in-a-row-for-the-second-year-in-a-row-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657978\/","title":{"rendered":"[Today&#8217;s NPB] If Lotte wins the opening series in a row for the second year in a row, it will be a first for the team! On the other hand, Seibu Lions loses in a row for the second year in a row&#8230; | Pacific League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Today&#8217;s NPB] If Lotte wins their opening series in a row for the second year in a row, it will be a first for the team! On the other hand, Seibu Lions loses their opening series in a row for the second year in a row&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"_source\">Sports Hochi<\/p>\n<p>                    March 29, 2026 08:00<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260328-OHT1I51549-L.jpg\" width=\"1093\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Lotte's Kazuya Ojima\" data-wovn-src:-original-alt=\"\u30ed\u30c3\u30c6\u30fb\u5c0f\u5cf6\u548c\u54c9\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606Lotte vs. Seibu Lions (14:00, ZOZO Marine Stadium) Lotte: Kojima, Seibu Lions: Taira<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">Last year&#8217;s last-place team, Lotte, won their opening game against Seibu Lions (on the 27th) 3-1 thanks to a strong pitching performance from rookie Mori, and then win the second game on the 28th 11-0 with a powerful offensive performance. They started the season with two straight wins and have already secured a series win. Ace Kojima is scheduled to start on the 29th, and if they win the opening series for the third consecutive year, it will be the first time in franchise history that they have won the opening series for two consecutive years, following their three-game series against Softbank Hawks in 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">On the other hand, if Seibu Lions loses the third game, it will be their second consecutive opening series loss, the first being against Nippon-Ham in 2013. Losing the opening series two years in a row is unprecedented in the team&#8217;s history, making it a first. Will Lotte maintain their momentum and win all three games, or will Seibu Lions strike back?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">(Other cards)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606 The Giants vs. Hanshin Tigers (14:00, Tokyo Dome) The Giants: Yamashiro, Hanshin Tigers: Ito Sho<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606DeNA Yakult (14:00, Yokohama) DeNA: Ishida Yu, Yakult: Takanashi<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606Hiroshima vs. Chunichi (13\/30, Mazda Stadium) Hiroshima = Kuribayashi, Chunichi = Takahashi Hiroshi<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606 Orix Buffaloes vs. Rakuten Eagles (13:00, Kyocera Dome Osaka) Orix Buffaloes: Tajima, Rakuten Eagles: Fujiwara<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606 Softbank Hawks vs. Nippon-Ham (13:00, Mizuho PayPay Dome) Softbank Hawks = Stewart, Nippon-Ham = Arihara<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u203b Match card (start time, stadium) and starting pitcher order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Today&#8217;s NPB] If Lotte wins their opening series in a row for the second year in a row,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2302],"tags":[5,2353,2352],"class_list":{"0":"post-657978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-npb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-nippon-professional-baseball","10":"tag-npb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116332877351348522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}