Professional Baseball Softbank League Championship Giants Magic 3 October 28, 2:17

In professional baseball, six night games were played, and in the Pacific League, Softbank, which had a magic number of "2" to win, beat Lotte in second place and decided to win the league for the first time in three years.

Pacific League

▽ Softbank vs. Lotte, Softbank won 5 to 1.



In the 5th inning, Akira Nakamura took the lead with a sacrifice fly, and in the 6th inning, Kai scored an additional point with No. 10 Touran.

Starting pitcher Wada is the eighth win with a good pitch without any goals in the sixth inning.


Lotte was barely able to return 1 point in the 9th inning.



▽ Seibu vs. Rakuten, Seibu won 4-3.



Seibu made a comeback in the 5th inning, chasing 2 points, with Mori's No. 9 three-run.

Starting pitcher Kona Takahashi is the eighth win with three goals in seven innings.

Pitcher Masuda, who held down nine times, marked 30 saves for the second consecutive year.


Rakuten suffered a sixth loss without pitcher Takahiro Norimoto.



▽ Orix vs. Nippon-Ham, Nippon-Ham won 5-3.



Nippon-Ham won the tie in the 6th inning with Watanabe in a timely manner, and in the 7th inning, Daejeon scored additional points in a timely manner.

The third pitcher, Kato, is the third win.


Orix showed tenacity to catch up with the 2nd and 5th innings, but lost the auction.

Central League

▽ DeNA vs. Giants DeNA won 9-2.



DeNA took the lead in the 3rd inning, scoring in the 5th inning with Lopez's 9th home run and in the 8th inning with Austin's 19th solo. Starting pitcher Onuki scored his first 10th win with 2 goals in the 6th inning.


As for the giant, pitcher Togoh failed to play a role with 5 goals in 5 innings and suffered 3 consecutive losses.



▽ Hanshin vs. Chunichi Hanshin won 4-1.



Hanshin won 3 points in the 8th inning of 1: 1 with Chikamoto's 2-point timely Lee Bass and Itohara's timely. Starting pitcher Aoyagi was tenacious with one goal in the middle of the 8th inning, and the second pitcher Iwasaki was the fifth win. Hanshin has won three consecutive victories.


In the Chunichi, pitcher Fukutani pitched well with one goal in the 7th inning, but in the 8th inning, two errors by the second pitcher Fukutani led to a winning goal.



▽ Hiroshima vs. Yakult Hiroshima won 2-0.



Hiroshima took the lead in the third inning with Omori's timely Lee Bass. Starting pitcher Kuri threw halfway through the 8th inning and took 10 strikeouts with 3 hits and no runs, and scored his 8th win with 4 consecutive wins. Hiroshima has won the Yakult game for the fifth consecutive year.


Yakult starting pitcher Takanashi scored two goals in the seventh inning, but there was no support from the batting line.



In the Central League, both the top giant and the second-place Chunichi were defeated, so the magic number for the giant's victory was reduced by one to "3".