Five games were played in professional baseball, and in the Central League, the leading giant won three consecutive victories with good pitching by pitcher Ace Sugano.

Central League

▽ Giants vs. Yakult, the Giants won 2-0.


In the third inning, the Giants took the lead with No. 16 Touran, which is Maru's two consecutive home runs.

Starting pitcher Sugano is the third win since April 23, with one hit in eight innings and a good pitch with no runs.

Pitcher Vieira made his 16th save and the Giants won three straight games.


Yakult was unable to support the starting pitcher Takahashi, who had two goals in the 7th inning.



▽ Hanshin vs. Chunichi Hanshin won 2-1.


Hanshin caught up with Marté in a timely manner six times, 0 to 1, and Oyama won in a timely manner.

Starting pitcher Masashi Itoh is the seventh win with one goal in the seventh inning.

Hanshin stopped the losing streak at 4.


Starting pitcher Matsuba scored two goals in the middle of the sixth inning, but Kyoda's error led to the final.



▽ DeNA vs. Hiroshima DeNA won 7-2.


DeNA scored two goals in the first inning with Sano's timely two-base and Austin's timely three-base.

Austin scored three RBIs in this match by hitting three in a timely manner.

Starting pitcher Onuki is the fifth win with one goal in six innings.


Hiroshima hit 11 hits, but lacked a connection between 10 left on base and a hit line.

Pacific League

▽ Lotte vs. Seibu, Seibu won 14-7.


Seibu scored 6 points in the first inning with Nakamura's 2-point timely, Kuriyama's timely-to-base, and Yamakawa's No. 16 three-run. The fourth pitcher, Hirai, won the fourth victory, and Seibu stopped the losing streak with one draw at three.


Lotte finished with 5 consecutive wins with 14 goals, the most this season.



▽ Nippon-Ham vs. Orix, Nippon-Ham won 12 to 1.


Nippon-Ham took the lead in the 2nd inning with Ishii's timely three-base, and in the 3rd inning, he scored 5 points with the bases loaded to Asama's runner-cleaning timely three-base. Starting pitcher Drew VerHagen hit 6 times and won the 3rd win with no runs. Nippon-Ham is the first four consecutive wins of the season with one draw.


Orix couldn't play the role of starting pitcher Tajima with 8 goals in the middle of the 4th inning.