Six games were played in professional baseball, and the leader of the Central League reached 20 wins, the fastest in both leagues.

Central League

▽ Hiroshima vs. Yakult Yakult won 9-5.


Yakult made a comeback by scoring 9 points at once in the batter's round of onslaught, such as Murakami and Osuna's 2-point timely and Yamazaki's 3-point timely two-base in the 8th inning of 0-2.

The third pitcher, Onishi, is the first victory of the season.


In Hiroshima, starting pitcher Kuri made a good pitch with 7 hits and 3 runs, but the relief team miscalculated.



▽ DeNA vs. Giants The Giants won 7-0.


The Giants took the lead with Kazuma Okamoto's No. 9 two-run, which was a home run for three consecutive games.

In the 2nd inning, Kishida's timely, and in the 4th inning, Maru's No. 7 solo expanded his lead.

Starting pitcher Iori Yamasaki, who started in the second year, won his first professional victory with three hits and no runs in six innings.

The Giants reached 20 wins, the fastest in both leagues.


DeNA's starting pitcher Higashi collapsed with 4 runs in the 5th inning.



▽ Hanshin vs. Chunichi Hanshin won 3-2.


Hanshin caught up with Itoi's timely and Yamamoto's squeeze play four times, 0 to 2, and Sakamoto's short ground ball became a fielder's choice.

Starting pitcher Akiyama won his first victory of the season with two goals in five innings, and pitcher Iwasaki made his fourth save.

Hanshin is the first three consecutive wins of the season.


Chunichi missed the chance to equalize 1 out and 3rd base in the 9th inning.

Pacific League

▽ Softbank vs. Seibu, Seibu won 4-2.


Seibu took the lead in the No. 8 three-run, which was Yamakawa's two consecutive home runs.


After that, he was forced to make a one-point difference, but in the fifth inning, O'Grady's timely hit scored an additional point.

The second pitcher, Kaito Yoza, who relieved from the middle of the second inning, threw three innings and two-thirds innings and won his first victory of the season with one goal.

Seibu has returned the winning percentage to 50%.


Softbank hit 10 hits, surpassing Seibu, but did not lead to a goal and lost two games in a row.



▽ Lotte vs. Rakuten, Rakuten won 2-1.


Rakuten took the lead in the first inning with Nishikawa's fourth batter home run this season, and added one point in the seventh inning with a timely infield hitter by Ginji Akaminai.

Starting pitcher Fujii scored his first professional pitching victory in the 6th inning with no walks and 4 hits.


Lotte pitched well with starting pitcher Manabu Mima with 2 runs in the middle of the 7th inning, but there was no support from the batting line.



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


Nippon-Ham took the lead with Imagawa's No. 4 Touran once.

In the 2nd inning, Taniuchi's timely two-base, and in the 3rd inning, Imagawa's 2 at-bats in a row, No. 5 solo and Nomura's No. 2 solo expanded the lead.

Starting pitcher Ito won his third win with a good pitching of five hits and no runs in seven innings.

Nippon-Ham's losing streak stopped at 4.


In Orix, starting pitcher Tajima collapsed with 6 goals in the 5th inning.