In professional baseball, Yakult vs. DeNA was canceled due to rain, and five games were played. In the Pacific League, the leader Rakuten won four consecutive games with a draw.
In the Central League, the bottom Hanshin has won 6 consecutive victories.
▽ It is the Pacific League.
▼ Rakuten vs. Softbank became a cold game due to rain in the middle of the 6th inning, and Rakuten won 2-1.
Rakuten took the lead in a timely manner with Nishikawa in the third inning, and added one point between Ota's infield grounder in the fourth inning.
Pitcher Norimoto, who had been withdrawn after being infected with the new coronavirus, started the game and won his first victory of the season with 9 hits and 1 goal in 5 innings.
The second pitcher, Yuge, made his first professional save.
Rakuten has won four straight games with a draw in between.
Softbank couldn't take advantage of the chance and left on base 12, the first four consecutive losses of the season.
▼ In Orix vs. Seibu, Seibu won 2-1.
Seibu won the 9th inning of 1: 1 with Yamakawa's No. 9 solo.
The second pitcher, Taira, won his first victory of the season, and the closer pitcher Masuda scored his sixth save, bringing the total save to "150".
In Orix, starting pitcher Yamaoka pitched well with one goal in the 7th inning, but the batting line could not be supported.
▼ Lotte vs. Nippon-Ham, Nippon-Ham won 9-3.
In the 4th inning, Nippon-Ham took the lead with Ishii's 2-point timely two-base, and also scored 9 points at once with the attacks of 12 batters such as Alcantara's No. 6 three-run and Imagawa's No. 6 two-run.
Starting pitcher Sugiura is the first victory of the season with no runs in the fifth inning.
Lotte was robbed of a large number of points due to errors.
▽ It is the Central League.
▼ Giants vs. Hanshin, Hanshin won 8 to 1.
Hanshin made a comeback by scoring 2 points in a timely manner with Itohara and Umeno in the 6th inning of 0 to 1.
In the 8th inning, Pinch hitter Yoshio Itoi added 4 points in a timely manner to widen the lead.
Pitcher Junya Nishi, who pitched for the first time this season, pitched up to seven times and became a winning pitcher with three hits and one goal, and Hanshin extended his winning streak to six.
The Giants haven't been able to throw and hit, and this is the first three consecutive losses of the season.
▼ Chunichi vs. Hiroshima, Chunichi won 4-0.
In the 3rd inning, Viciedo took the lead in a timely manner with 2 points, and in the 6th inning, pitcher Yanagi and in the 8th inning, Kinoshita both scored additional points with sacrifice flies.
Starting pitcher Yanagi gave 5 hits in 7 innings, 3 walks and a runner, but he was persistent with no runs and won his 3rd win.
In Hiroshima, there wasn't one more chance, and it was the second shutout loss of the season.