Six games were played in professional baseball, and in the Central League, Yakult, the leader, won the direct confrontation with Hanshin, the second, and reduced the magic number to the championship by two to 9.

Central League

In Yakult vs. Hanshin, Yakult won 6-4.



Yakult caught up with Shiomi's No. 13 solo and Osuna's sacrifice fly in the 5th inning to chase 2 points, and in the 6th inning, Shiomi's timely two-base and Yamada's timely overcame 2 points.


In the 6th inning with a tie, pitcher Taguchi, who has a good relief, is the 5th win, and pitcher McGough is the 28th save.


Yakult has set the magic number to 9.


Hanshin hit 15 hits, but didn't get another one at the chance.



As for Hiroshima vs. Giants, Hiroshima won 3-1.



In the 4th inning, Hayashi took the lead with Pitcher Goro, and in the 5th inning, Nishikawa scored an additional point on a 2-point timely three-base.


Starting pitcher Morishita threw seven innings and hit seven hits, but he did not give a goal and was the seventh win since July 14.

Pitcher Kuribayashi made the 31st save.


Hiroshima has won 5 consecutive victories.


The Giants suffered their second six-game losing streak this season.



DeNA vs. China-Japan, DeNA won 2-1.



DeNA caught up with Soto in a timely manner in the 6th inning of 0 to 1, and in the 9th inning, he decided the match with Shibata's sacrifice fly from 1 out bases loaded.


The third pitcher, Mishima, won the third victory.


Starting pitcher Ogasawara scored one goal in the sixth inning, but pitcher Raidel Martinez was hit at the end without the support of the batting line.

Pacific League

In Softbank vs. Orix, Softbank won 3: 1.



Softbank made a comeback with Despaigne's No. 7 Touran in the 1st 0 to 1 and scored additional points in the 4th inning with Richard's No. 7 solo.


Starting pitcher Kodai Senga scored 1 goal in the 8th inning, struck out 11 strikeouts and scored his 8th win, and Softbank stopped the losing streak with one draw at 8.


In Orix, starting pitcher Takeyasu couldn't keep up with 3 runs in the 4th inning, and he couldn't take advantage of the chance of bases loaded 1 out in the 8th inning.



Seibu vs. Rakuten, Seibu won 3-2.



Seibu caught up with Kawagoe in a timely manner in the 7th inning, and won a goodbye in a timely manner by Kishi from 2 out 2nd and 3rd base in the 9th inning.


The relief team did not give a score from the middle of the third inning, and the seventh pitcher Taira won the third victory.


In Rakuten, starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka scored 2 goals in the 7th inning, but the hit line did not hit 4 hits and the winning streak stopped at 3.



Nippon-Ham vs. Lotte drew 4-4.



Lotte caught up with Oka's No. 4 Touran from 2 out first base in the 9th inning of 2 to 4, and pitcher Masuda kept the back to zero.


Nippon-Ham took the lead in two timely runs in the 7th inning, but pitcher Sugiura wasn't able to catch up.