Four games were played in professional baseball, and the leader of the Central League won a close game for two consecutive victories.
This is the Pacific League.
▽ Seibu vs. Nippon-Ham, Seibu won 4-3.
Seibu took the lead with O'Grady's timely two-base and Wu's timely doubles in the first inning, and O'Grady's timely-to-base hit in the third inning.
Starting pitcher Matsumoto pitched seven innings and allowed five hits, three runs and scored a second win, while closer Masuda scored a third save.
Nippon-Ham played an active part with 3 RBIs such as No. 7 Ishii hitting No. 2 Touran, but starting pitcher Tateno broke down in the early stages with 4 runs in the 3rd inning.
In the Central League
▽ Giants vs. DeNA, the Giants won 4-3.
The Giants made a comeback in the No. 5 three-run, which was a home run for Maru's three games in a row, three times in pursuit of one point.
In the 4th inning, Wakabayashi scored an additional point with a timely hit.
Starting pitcher Mercedes won the opening three consecutive games with three goals in the middle of the sixth inning.
A large number of closer pitchers closed the 9th inning without danger and made an 8th save.
DeNA starting pitcher Katsuki Azuma suffered a second loss with four goals in the fifth inning.
▽ Chunichi vs. Hanshin won the goodbye 10 times, with Chunichi winning 1-0.
Chunichi made a chance of one outs first base and second base from Kyoda's two-base hit in the 10th inning of 0-0, and Oshima decided to hit the light over.
Starting pitcher Katsuno pitched with 2 hits and no runs in the 7th inning, and pitcher Shimizu, who pitched with the 4th pitcher, won the 3rd win.
Chunichi is the second win of the season and three consecutive wins.
The Hanshin Tigers didn't hit just 3 hits and lost 5 games in a row with one draw in between.
▽ In Yakult vs. Hiroshima, Hiroshima won 5 to 1.
In the second inning, Dobayashi's timely two-base and Ryosuke Kikuchi's two-point timely scored three points.
Kikuchi was active in hitting four times in a timely manner and scoring three RBIs.
And in the 7th inning, Aizawa expanded his lead in a timely manner.
Starting pitcher Tokoda threw 6 innings and scored his second win with 7 hits and 1 run.
Yakult's defensive error led to a goal, and he had a chance to hit the line and continued to decline.