On May 29 at Haruka Yume Stadium (Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture), the 140th anniversary of the founding of Aomori Bank Night Game Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles vs. Saitama Seibu Lions was held.

This is the third professional baseball team's first official game in Hirosaki this year for the third consecutive year. The number of visitors on that day was 13,326, the highest ever. Hirosaki had been flickering with light rain from noon on the same day, but the rain stopped during the game, and the wind of occasional strong winds made it possible to see "Tsugaru Fuji" Iwakiyama.

Kazusa Okuyama, an actress from Misawa, stood on the mound at the opening ceremony, and Hirosaki's local idol "RINGOMUSUME" performed the national anthem.

On this day's pitcher match, Saitama Seibu, who had spent four years at university in Aomori, had a sacrifice fly by Shuto Akiyama, a former Hirosaki player, after Shogo Akiyama scoring three times in the top table. Added the second point. Tohoku Rakuten lost 4 to 1 without being able to attack the pitchers of Togame Ken pitcher, Katsunori Hirai and Tatsushi Masuda.

In a hero interview, pitcher Togame, who showed a good run with one goal in the sixth inning, stood, saying, “We had a game that everyone in Hirosaki who has few opportunities to watch professional baseball live can enjoy”. After the match, Sotozaki held a press conference with his family and said, "I couldn't hit, but I played a minimum role. The locals showed that the team won the victory, above all I think it was shown to us."