Six games were played in professional baseball, and in the Central League, the leader Hanshin was defeated and the second-place giant and the third-place Yakult won.

As a result, Hanshin fell to 3rd place, the giant moved up to 1st place, and Yakult moved up to 2nd place.

This is the Central League.



▽ Yakult vs. DeNA, Yakult won 5-2.



Yakult took the lead in the 5th inning between Koga's infield grounder, and in the 7th inning, Shiomi's No. 9 three-run and Murakami's timely addition of 4 points.



The starting pitcher is the first win of the season with five hits in seven innings and a good pitch with no runs.



In DeNA, starting pitcher Imanaga scored one goal in the sixth inning, but the batting line did not connect.



▽ Chunichi vs. Giants, the Giants won 5 to 1.



The Giants took the lead in the third inning with Yoshikawa's sacrifice fly, and in the fourth inning, Matsubara and Takahashi scored additional points in a continuous timely two-base.



In the 7th inning, Sakamoto expanded his lead in a timely manner.



Starting pitcher Takahashi is the 10th win, his first double-digit win with no runs and two hits in five innings.



Chunichi had five hits and hits were sluggish.



▽ Hiroshima vs. Hanshin Hiroshima won 5-0.



In the 1st inning, Seiya Suzuki's No. 19 Tour Run and Sakakura's No. 8 Solo doubled home runs to score 3 points, and in the 7th inning, Sakakura's 2-point timely two-base hit.



Starting pitcher Tokoda scored no goals in the 6th inning and was the second win with a good pitcher who took 10 strikeouts.



Hiroshima has risen to 4th place with 4 consecutive victories.



Hanshin fell from the lead to the 3rd place after losing 3 consecutive games against Hiroshima.



This is the Pacific League.



▽ Orix vs. Softbank, Orix won 6-3.



Orix won 4 points in the 7th inning of 2 to 2, with Mune's timely, Masataka Yoshida's 2-point timely two-base, and Sugimoto's timely three-base.



Newcomer Vargas pitched from the 7th inning, throwing 2 innings and winning for the first time with 1 goal.



Pitcher Yoshihisa Hirano made the 16th save.



The relief team of Softbank collapsed, and they lost three games in a row with one draw in between.



▽ Rakuten vs. Lotte, Lotte won 1-0.



Lotte broke the equilibrium in a timely manner with Tamura from 0-0, 9th inning, 2 outs, 2nd and 3rd bases.



In Lotte, four pitchers connected without any goals, and the third pitcher Chihaya Sasaki scored the seventh win and the pitcher Masuda scored the 28th save.



The team has won four straight games.



Rakuten lost three games in a row without taking advantage of starting pitcher Ishibashi's good pitching in the sixth inning.



▽ Seibu vs. Nippon-Ham, Nippon-Ham won 6-0.



In the 4th inning, Nippon-Ham scored 4 points with a timely two-base runner-cleaning from bases loaded and Ishii's timely-to-base.



In the 5th inning, Kondo scored an additional point with a sacrifice fly, and in the 9th inning, he added 1 point.



Starting pitcher Ito took nine strikeouts with only four hits and won his eighth win.



The first professional complete game was shut out.



Seibu lacked vividness in throwing.