Professional baseball started on the 26th and 6 games were played.

In response to a request from the local government regarding the holding time of the event due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the start time of the three games held in the Tokyo metropolitan area has been accelerated from 6 pm to 5 pm.



In addition, thorough infection control measures were taken at stadiums around the world, such as by introducing a temperature measurement system that utilizes AI.

Central League results

The result of 6 games is the Central League.



Giants vs. DeNA, the Giants won 8-7.



Pitcher Nakagawa was able to catch up with the lead of 2 points in the 9th inning, but behind the scenes, Pinch hitter Kamei hit a goodbye home run and won.



In DeNA, Shunta Tanaka, who transferred from the giant, showed an activity of scoring 6 RBIs, but it was not enough.



In Yakult vs. Hanshin, Hanshin won 4-3.



In the 8th inning, immediately after Hanshin was caught up with a 3-3 tie, Suns won the second solo home run of the game.



Teruaki Sato, the first-ranked rookie in the draft, struck a sacrifice fly in the first at bat.



In Hanshin, the fourth pitcher, Kajiya, who transferred from Softbank, is the first white star in two years.



Yakult did not overthrow Fujinami, and Shimizu hit a painful home run.



In Hiroshima vs. Chunichi, Chunichi won 7-6.



In the 8th inning of 0-4, Abe's timely and Viciedo's 2 runs gave him 5 points at a stroke, and in the 9th inning, he scored 2 points with a pinch hitter, Iryo's timely 3 base. Added.



The third pitcher, Fujishima, won, and pitcher Sobue made a save.



In Hiroshima, pitcher Ohsera collapsed in the 8th inning, and pitcher Kemna, the third pitcher, was also hit, failing to keep the lead in the early stages.

Pacific League results

This is the Pacific League.



Softbank vs. Lotte, Softbank won 8-2.



Softbank took the lead with Imamiya's two-run in the first inning, Shuto in the third inning with a solo home run, and Yanagita in the sixth inning with two runs.



Starting pitcher Ishikawa scored a winning star with one goal in the 7th inning.



Lotte couldn't keep up with pitcher Futaki with 5 goals in the middle of the 6th inning.



Seibu vs. Orix was won by Seibu 4-3.



Seibu took the lead in the first inning with Kuriyama's timely, etc., and added two points in the third inning with Mori's No. 1 solo and Nakamura's timely.



Starting pitcher Takahashi is the winning pitcher with 3 goals in the middle of the 8th inning.



The third pitcher, Masuda, made a save.



Orix was hit by pitcher Yamamoto's early goal.



Rakuten vs. Nippon-Ham was won by Rakuten 8-2.



Rakuten took the lead in the first batter home run of Tatsumi and scored additional points in a timely manner in the second.



In the 5th inning, Daichi Suzuki scored 4 points, including a timely 2 base to clear the runners on bases loaded.



Pitcher Wakui became a winning pitcher with four hits in seven innings and no runs.



Nippon-Ham's starting pitcher Uwasawa collapsed with 6 goals in the middle of the 5th inning.