Five games were played in professional baseball on the 22nd, and in the Central League, the second-placed giant won the top-ranked Hanshin in a row, deciding to win this card.

Central League

▽ Giants vs. Hanshin, Giants won 8-3.


The Giants scored 3 points in a timely manner with Kazuma Okamoto's 2-point timely two-base and Shigenobu's timely.

In the second inning, Yoshikawa's No. 2 solo and Sakamoto's No. 3 Touran added 3 points.

Starting pitcher Takahashi has won the opening four consecutive games with three goals in the sixth inning.


In Hanshin, starting pitcher Akiyama collapsed with 6 goals in 3 innings.



▽ In Hiroshima vs. Yakult, Yakult won 7-4.


Yakult won 3 points in the 8th inning, 4 to 4, with Yamazaki's 2-point timely three-base.

The fourth pitcher McGough scored his second win, and pitcher Ishiyama scored his seventh save at the top of the league.


Hiroshima showed tenacity to catch up three times, but the fifth pitcher, Atsuya Horie, was not able to catch up, and the winning percentage fell below 50%.



▽ In DeNA vs. Chunichi, Chunichi won 1-0.


In the 9th inning of 0-0, Chunichi scored the final point due to an error in Takuya Kinoshita's infield hit from first base.

Starting pitcher Fukutani won the season's first victory with four hits in eight innings and a good pitch with no runs.

Raidel Martinez, who finished the ninth inning, made his first save of the season.


DeNA didn't hit the line well, and the defense was disturbed at key points, resulting in 10 consecutive losses with two draws in between.

Pacific League

▽ Lotte vs. Nippon-Ham, Nippon-Ham won 3 to 1.


Nippon-Ham took the lead in the first batter home run of Daejeon. Behind the scenes, I was caught up, but in the second inning, Ryo Ishikawa won one point in a timely two-base. In the 6th inning, Ishii added points with a sacrifice fly. Starting pitcher Ikeda pitched well in the 7th inning with 1 goal and scored his second win, stopping the team's losing streak with 3.


Lotte didn't hit the line well, and the winning streak across the draw stopped at 6.



▽ Orix vs. Seibu, Orix won 7-6.


Orix caught up with T-Okada's runner-cleaning timely three-base from bases loaded in the 9th inning of 3 to 6, and then Sugimoto struck in a timely manner to win the come-from-behind goodbye. Orix is ​​the first three consecutive wins of the season.


Seibu couldn't escape because of closer pitcher Masuda, and he lost four games in a row with a draw.