21:39 on October 17, expanding the game behind Lotte, the second place in the professional baseball softbank, to 4.5
Three games of professional baseball were canceled due to rain, and three day games were played.
In the Pacific League, the leader Softbank won and widened the game behind the second-placed Lotte, which had no match, to 4.5.
Pacific League
▽ Softbank vs. Rakuten, Softbank won 5-0.
Softbank took the lead with Yanagita's No. 27 solo in the 1st inning, Gracial's No. 10 solo in the 4th inning, and Kurihara's chance to bases loaded in the 5th inning to win 7 consecutive victories.
Starting pitcher Higashihama scored no goals in the 7th inning and scored his 8th win with 6 consecutive wins.
Rakuten's winning percentage has returned to 50%.
▽ Seibu vs. Orix, Orix won 4 to 1.
Orix took the lead with Oshita's No. 2 solo in the 5th inning, Moya's No. 8 Touran in the 6th inning, and Masataka Yoshida's timely addition in the 9th inning, stopping the losing streak with 4.
Starting pitcher Zhang is the second win with no runs in the sixth inning.
Seibu lacked a connection as the number of hits was limited to five.
▽ Lotte vs. Nippon-Ham has been canceled due to rain.
Central League
▽ In Hiroshima vs. Chunichi, Chunichi won 5-2.
Chunichi chased one point eight times, and after Abe's two-point timely reversal, Viciedo also got two points timely and scored four points this time. Starting pitcher Yanagi is the fourth win with two goals in the seventh inning. Pitcher Raidel Martinez marked the 21st save, the most in the league. Chunichi is the first seven consecutive wins of the season.
In Hiroshima, rookie pitcher Morishita pitched well with one goal in the 7th inning, but the relief team did not go well.
▽ The two games of Hanshin vs. Yakult and DeNA vs. Giants have been canceled due to rain.
On the 17th, Chunichi, who was in 2nd place, won, so the magic number for the championship of the leader and giant remains unchanged at "8".