In professional baseball, six games were played in the day game, and Orix beat Rakuten in the Pacific League to take the lead.

Pacific League

▽ Rakuten vs. Orix, Orix won 3-0.


In the 6th inning, Orix scored 3 points in a timely manner with Moya and Romero.


Starting pitcher Miyagi is the seventh win in the league with five hits and no runs, without stepping on third base in the eighth inning.


Orix has won eight consecutive victories for the first time in 10 years, and has risen to the top position for the first time in seven years at the same rate.


In Rakuten, starting pitcher Hayakawa scored 3 goals in the 6th inning, but the batting line did not work and he lost 5 consecutive games for the first time in 2 years.



▽ Softbank vs. Nippon-Ham drew 1: 1.


Nippon-Ham took the lead in the No. 3 first batter home run, which is the third consecutive game of Asama.


After that, I sent out runners every time, but the bad attack continued and I could not support the starting pitcher Kato.


Softbank caught up with Yanagita's No. 15 solo in the 5th inning, but the hit line ended in two hits.



▽ Seibu vs. Lotte drew 3 to 3.


Lotte caught up with the extruded walk by Fujioka in the 8th inning, with a bases loaded with 2 outs, immediately after leading 1 point.


Seibu caught up with Yamakawa's No. 11 Touran in the 6th inning, and won in the 7th inning with a pinch hitter, Kawagoe's timely two-base, but pitcher Taira, who pitched in the 8th inning, disturbed control.

Central League

▽ In Hanshin vs. Giants, the Giants won 2-1.


The Giants took the lead in the 6th inning with Matsubara's No. 6 Touran.


Starting pitcher Takahashi is the seventh win in the league with no runs in the fifth inning.


The fourth pitcher, Kagiya, who pitched in seven pinches showed a good relief, and Vieira, who finished the game, is the third save.


Hanshin had only one point by Teruaki Sato's No. 18 solo, and there was not one more in the chance.



▽ Yakult vs. Chunichi Yakult won 2-1.


Yakult broke the equilibrium in the 7th inning, 0-0, with a pinch hitter, Kawabata, hitting No. 1 Touran, the first home run in three years.


Starting pitcher Okugawa is the third win with four hits in seven innings and a good pitch with no runs.


In the middle of the day, starting pitcher Katsuno kept a no-hitter up to 2 outs in the 7th inning, but after his first hit, he was hit by a painful home run and lacked a decisive hit.



▽ DeNA vs. Hiroshima, DeNA won 10-8.


In the 3rd inning, DeNA scored 5 points with Kuwahara's timely infield hits and Austin's 15th full-base home run.


In the 4th inning, Hikaru Ito extended the lead with a timely two-base runner-cleaning bases loaded, and in the 6th inning, Sano's No. 6 tour run.


Pitcher Sunada, who was the third pitcher, is the first white star in two years.


In Hiroshima, starting pitcher Omichi was hit with 8 goals in the middle of the 4th inning.