In professional baseball, the last six games of the first half of the game were played, with Hanshin in the Central League and Orix in the Pacific League, both teams returning to the top of the season.

This is the Central League.



▽ In Hanshin vs. DeNA, DeNA won 4-3.


DeNA took the lead twice in a timely manner with Kuwahara's two points. In the 4th inning, pitcher Imanaga scored additional points in a timely manner, and in the 8th inning, Miyazaki expanded his lead with No. 8 solo. Starting pitcher Imanaga is the third win with a good pitching of one goal in the seventh inning.


Hanshin caught up by 1 point in the 8th inning, but did not reach it. Although the Hanshin Tigers were defeated, they returned to the lead in the first half of the game.



▽ Giants vs. Yakult, Yakult won 11-7.


Yakult won in a timely manner with Osuna four times immediately after being caught up by 4-4. In the 6th inning, Osuna expanded his lead with No. 9 Three Run. Yakult's second pitcher, Suarez, is the third win.


In the Giants, starting pitcher Yamaguchi was hit with 4 goals in the middle of the 2nd inning, and suffered double-digit goals in 2 consecutive games.



▽ Hiroshima vs. Chunichi Hiroshima won 2-0.


In the 4th inning, Kozono took the lead with No. 1 solo, and in the 8th inning, Hayashi scored additional points in a timely manner. Starting pitcher Morishita scored his sixth win with a good pitch in the 8th inning. The team has won four consecutive victories for the first time this season.


In Chunichi, starting pitcher Yanagi made a good pitch with 1 goal in the 7th inning, but he lost 3 consecutive games without the support of the batting line.



This is the Pacific League.



▽ Nippon Ham vs. Orix, Nippon Ham won 6-2.


Nippon-Ham made a comeback in the 6th inning of 1 to 2 with Nomura's 2-point timely, and in the 7th inning, Nishikawa, Takahama, and Kondo expanded their lead in 3 consecutive timely. The second pitcher, Kono, won the second victory.


Orix was defeated because the pitchers couldn't stand at the key points, but returned to the lead in the first half of the game.



▽ In Softbank vs. Rakuten, Rakuten won 4-2.


Rakuten took the lead in the first inning with Shimauchi and Okajima in a timely manner, and in the third inning, Shimauchi expanded his lead with No. 12 solo. Starting pitcher Kishi is the fourth win with two goals in the sixth inning. Rakuten returned to the first half in 2nd place.


Softbank's winning percentage has returned to 50%.



▽ Seibu vs. Lotte, Seibu won 8-3.


Seibu scored four points in the third inning with Nakamura's timely two-base and Wu's No. 7 three-run. In the 7th inning of 4 to 3, Nakamura's No. 9 Touran and in the 8th inning, Yamakawa's No. 13 Touran pushed him out. Starting pitcher Takahashi scored his eighth win with four hits in seven innings and three runs without walks.


Lotte's starting pitcher Kojima collapsed with 4 goals in the 3rd inning.