Six games were played in professional baseball, and in the direct confrontation between the Central League leader Hanshin and the second-placed giant, the giant won and the game difference was reduced to 2.5.

Central League

In Hanshin vs. Giants, the Giants won 8 to 1.



The giant scored four points in the first inning with Wheeler's timely and Kajitani's extruded dead ball.



Wheeler's No. 10 solo in the 3rd, Sakamoto's No. 11 solo in the 4th, and Kazuma Okamoto's No. 26 solo in the 5th, expanding the lead with a home run offensive.



Starting pitcher Mercedes is the fifth win with a good pitching of one goal in the middle of the eighth inning.



In Hanshin, starting pitcher Masashi Itoh couldn't play the role with 6 goals in the 4th inning.



In Yakult vs. Hiroshima, Hiroshima won 5-0.



Hiroshima took the lead in the 2nd inning with Ishihara's 2 points timely, 8th inning with Sakakura's No. 3 solo, and 9th inning with Noma's timely.



The starting pitcher, Omichi, made two hits in the middle of the eighth inning, and was the fourth win with a good pitch without any goals.



Hiroshima stopped the losing streak against Yakult at 8.



Yakult lost the shutout with just two hits.



Chunichi vs. DeNA won 6-2.



In the 4th inning, Shuhei Takahashi's 2-point timely two-base and the opponent's error led to 4 points, Fukudome's No. 2 solo in the 5th, and Takuya Kinoshita's timely addition in the 7th. gave.



Starting pitcher Matsuba won his first victory of the season with 2 goals in the 6th inning.



Chunichi has won three consecutive victories.



DeNA lost three games in a row due to the lack of opportunity in the batting line and the defensive turmoil.

Pacific League

In Rakuten vs. Seibu, Seibu won 6-2.



Seibu took the lead in the second inning with Wu's timely two-base, Genda's timely, and Mori's two-point timely, and added two points with an extruded walk and wild pitch three times. ..



Starting pitcher Imai threw seven innings and put out eight walks and dead balls in total, but he was tenacious and won his sixth win with one goal.



Seibu stopped the losing streak at 5.



Rakuten's starting pitcher Hideaki Wakui collapsed with 6 goals in the 3rd inning.



Lotte vs. Nippon-Ham drew 4-4.



Lotte caught up with Fujiwara's No. 2 solo in the 5th inning of 0 to 1, and tied again in the 6th inning of 1 to 3 with Martin's No. 20 Touran.



In the 8th inning of 3-4, he caught up with Martin's sacrifice fly and brought it to a draw, moving up to 2nd place.



Nippon-Ham took the lead again, with Mannami hitting the first sacrifice fly in the 4th inning and hitting No. 3 Touran in the 6th inning, but the pitchers were not struck.



Softbank vs. Orix was won by Softbank 3: 1.



Softbank made a comeback in the 3rd inning of 0 to 1 with Yanagida's No. 19 Touran, and in the 8th inning, Akira Nakamura's sacrifice fly scored additional points.



Starting pitcher Martinez is the seventh win with one goal in the sixth inning.



Softbank stopped the losing streak at 3 and returned the winning percentage to 50%.



Orix was the starting pitcher Sachiya Yamasaki, who scored two goals in the sixth inning, but there was no support from the batting line.