Six games were played in professional baseball on the 20th.


In the Central League, the top giant beat Hiroshima for three consecutive victories.


In the Pacific League, Lotte lost to Seibu and lost five games in a row.

Central League

▽ Giants vs. Hiroshima, the giants won 5-3.


In the 8th inning to chase 1 point, the giant scored 3 points from Polanco's 2-point timely two-base and pinch hitter Nakajima's timely from 1-out 2nd base and 3rd base.

The third pitcher, Takahashi, won his first victory of the season.

The giant has won three straight games.


In Hiroshima, starting pitcher Hiroki Tokoda was not hit, and pitcher Shimauchi of relief was also hit, and the team lost three consecutive games.



▽ Chunichi vs. Yakult, Chunichi won 4 to 1.


In the 2nd inning, Kyoda took the lead with 2 points in a timely manner.

In the 4th inning, 1 point was added, and in the 7th inning, Abe expanded his lead with a timely two base.

Starting pitcher Hiroto Takahashi scored one goal in the sixth inning and scored his second win with a striking out of eight strikeouts.


Yakult ended up with Murakami's No. 5 solo, and pitcher Ogawa was the second defeat.



▽ DeNA vs. Hanshin, DeNA won the goodbye 10 times, 1-0.


DeNA won the goodbye with Soto's No. 3 solo in the 10th inning of 0-0.

The fourth pitcher, Mishima, who pitched from the 9th inning, threw two innings and won his first victory of the season.


In Hanshin, starting pitcher Ogawa pitched well with no runs in the 7th inning, but he couldn't score while hitting 7 hits, and he lost 15 in 3 consecutive losses.

Pacific League

▽ Rakuten vs. Nippon-Ham, Rakuten won 4-2.


Rakuten took the lead with Asamura's No. 1 Touran once.

In the 5th inning, Nishikawa's timely three base and Asamura's sacrifice fly gave additional points.

Starting pitcher Kishi won his second win with a good pitcher with three hits and no runs in seven innings.


Nippon-Ham caught up with Ishii's two-point timely two-base in the 9th inning, but did not reach it, and the winning streak stopped at 3.



▽ Orix vs. Softbank, Orix won 3-2.


In the 5th inning to chase 1 point, Orix caught up with Fukuda's three bases and the opponent's error, and also won from 2 out bases loaded to Adachi's 2 points timely.

Starting pitcher Miyagi won his first victory of the season with one goal in seven innings.


Softbank caught up by one point in the eighth inning, but did not follow.



▽ Seibu vs. Lotte, Seibu won 3-0.


Seibu broke the equilibrium with Wu's timely two base in the 7th inning of 0-0, and added 2 points in the 8th inning with Suzuki's timely.

Starting pitcher Matsumoto pitched two-thirds innings in the sixth inning with one hit and no runs, and the second pitcher, Mizukami, won his first professional victory.


In Lotte, starting pitcher Manabu Mima pitched well in the middle of the 7th inning with 1 goal, but the batting line was no goal in 3 games in a row, resulting in 5 consecutive losses.