In professional baseball, six day games were played, and Rakuten's rookie, pitcher Hayakawa, shut out his first complete game and won the league's fifth win.

The team also emerged as the leader while behind the game.

Pacific League

▼ In Orix vs. Rakuten, Rakuten won 1-0.


Rakuten took the lead twice with Shimauchi's No. 5 solo.

Starting pitcher Hayakawa, a rookie, shut out his first complete game with only three hits and won his fifth win, becoming the league's sole top.


In Orix, starting pitcher Sachiya Yamasaki pitched well with one goal in the middle of the seventh inning, but he could not support the batting line and missed a 50% return to the winning percentage.



▼ Lotte vs. Seibu drew 6-6.


Lotte won the game's second home run, No. 12 Touran, in the 5th inning of 4-4, but in the 8th inning, the fourth pitcher Karakawa was overtaken.


In his second year as a professional pitcher, Roki Sasaki got off the mound with the right of a winning pitcher with four goals in five innings, but he did not win for the first time.


Seibu caught up with Spangenberg by hitting 2 points in the 8th inning in a timely manner.



▼ Nippon-Ham vs. Softbank drew 2 to 2.


Softbank caught up with Akashi in a timely manner with 2 points in the 7th inning of 0-2, but could not win with a bases loaded with 2 outs in the 9th inning.


Nippon-Ham took the lead in the 5th inning with Kondo's timely two-base, but did not take advantage of the chance with 14 left on base.

Central League

▼ Giants vs. Hanshin, Hanshin won 6-5.


Hanshin won 4 points 2 to 2 in the 4th inning, with Yokawa's No. 2 Touran and Chikamoto's Timely Two Base. Alcantara, who pitched for the first time in Japan, became the winning pitcher with 5 goals in the 6th inning.


The giant couldn't catch up, and the second rookie, Ryuta Heinai, scored four goals and suffered his first professional black star.



▼ Hiroshima vs. DeNA drew 3 to 3.


Hiroshima caught up with Nishikawa in a timely manner from 2 to 3 in the 8th inning, 2 outs, 1st base and 2nd base. Rookie Kuribayashi, who went up to the mound in the 9th inning with the 5th player, extended the consecutive no-goal games to 17.


DeNA overturned the match with Soto's No. 5 three-run in the 7th inning, but pitcher Yamazaki was caught in the 8th inning.



▼ Chunichi vs. Yakult drew 2-2.


In the 9th inning to chase one point, Kyoda caught up in a timely manner, and the third base runner who aimed at the home of goodbye with Fukuda's center fly from first base third base was stabbed with a good ball.


Yakult took the lead with No. 11 Touran, where Murakami was the sole leader in the league, and starting pitcher Okugawa scored one goal in the sixth inning, but pitcher Ishiyama, who was in control, could not escape.