【Professional Baseball Results】Pacific League: 2 game difference between 4nd and 1th place

In professional baseball, three Pacific League games were played, and SoftBank and Rakuten, who were tied for second place, won the head-to-head match between SoftBank and Rakuten, and defended their second place. Lotte, who trailed the two teams by 3.2 games, also won and moved up to third place, while Rakuten fell back to fourth place.

The gap between 2nd and 0th place has widened to "5", but the battle for the Climax Series is still a close race.

《Pacific League》

SoftBank × Rakuten

SoftBank vs. Rakuten was won by SoftBank 6-0.

○ Win: Ozeki 5 wins 7 losses
● Losses: Tanaka Masahiro The two teams, who are tied for second place with a 7-11 record

, opened the scoring with a timely hit by Yanagida in the first inning, and then effectively added runs with Kai's push foreball.
The starting pitcher held Ozeki scoreless through six innings to earn his fifth win since May 2 and give SoftBank sole second.


Rakuten took its 1th loss after starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka threw five innings and allowed five hits and three runs. The batting line also failed to swing with four hits, and their winning streak stopped at three and they fell back to fourth.

Lotte × Seibu

Lotte vs Seibu was won by Lotte 7-3.

○ Wins: Kojima 9 wins 6 losses
● Losses: Ens pitchers 1 win 10
losses ◎ Home runs: Lotte Ishikawa Shingo No. 2, Polanco No. 26 Seibu Sato Tatsuyo No.
3, Yamamura No.

1Lotte rallied from a one-run deficit in the first inning on a two-run double by Shingo Ishikawa, Polanco hit a solo shot in the third inning to top the standings for the home run title, and Polanco's timely two-run two-run double in the eighth to extend the lead. Starting pitcher Kojima pitched seven innings and gave up two runs to earn his ninth win.
Lotte has won three consecutive games for the first time since late July and has moved up to third place.

Seibu suffered its 1th loss when starting pitcher Ensu gave up four runs in four innings, and the team suffered four consecutive losses.

Oryx ×Japan Ham

Orix vs. Japan Ham was won by Orix 3-0.

○ Win: Yamamoto pitcher 16 wins
6 losses ▽ Saves: Yoshitoshi Hirano 3 wins, 2 losses, 29 saves
● Loss: Rodriguez pitcher 1 - 7

Orix opened the scoring in the second inning on a timely two-run double by Kobayashi and added another run in the third on Gonzalez's push foreball. Starting pitcher Yamamoto allowed three hits and 2 strikeouts in seven innings to earn his 2th victory. Pitcher Yoshitoshi Hirano, a 3-year-old pitcher, made 7 saves in Japan and the United States.
Orix's losing streak stopped at "3".

Japan Ham, starting pitcher Rodriguez collapsed early and was limited to four hits.

The three teams ranked 2nd to 4th will face each other on the 3rd with No. 3 SoftBank and No. 2 Rakuten facing each other on the same card as on the 2nd, while No. 4 Lotte will face Seibu.