In professional baseball, six interleague games were played, and Yakult won the second interleague game for the first time in four years.
In addition, Hanshin won and moved up to 5th place in the Central League, and escaped from the bottom for the first time since the opening.
Softbank 4-7 Yakult
In the 5th inning of 1 to 4, Yakult caught up with Murakami's No. 18 two-run by one point, and in the following 6th inning, Murakami's two-bat consecutive home run was reversed with No. 19 full-base home run.
The second pitcher, Umeno, is the third win.
Yakult decided to win the interleague game with four consecutive victories.
Softbank retreated to 2nd place in the Pacific League due to a miscalculation by the middle reliever pitchers.
Rakuten 8-1 Giants
Rakuten took the lead with Kawashima's No. 1 three-run in the 2nd inning, and added 4 points in the 7th inning with Asamura's 2-point timely two-base and Shimauchi's timely.
Starting pitcher Hayakawa scored one goal in the sixth inning and scored his fourth win, and Rakuten has risen to the top of the Pacific League.
The giant hit eight hits but didn't take the chance.
Orix 2-3 Hanshin
Hanshin caught up with Teruaki Sato's timely three-base and opponent's pass ball from 0 to 2 in the 8th inning, and in the 11th inning, when the substitute runner Kumagai stole the second base, the catcher's bad throw. I invited him to return to the home at once and went over.
The sixth pitcher, Yuta Iwasada, won his first victory of the season, and Hanshin escaped from the bottom.
Orix didn't take advantage of repeated chances in the final stages and lost four games in a row.
Lotte 1-2 DeNA
DeNA won 11 times with a one-on-one extension, with a timely two-base double hitter Yamato.
The fifth pitcher, Kenjiro Tanaka, won his third victory.
In Lotte, starting pitcher Roki Sasaki made a good pitch with 1 goal in the 8th inning, but he missed the chance of a goodbye to bases loaded with 1 out in the 9th inning, and the winning streak stopped at 5.
Seibu 2-1 Hiroshima
Seibu took the lead in the 1st inning with O'Grady's No. 6 solo, and added 1 in the 2nd inning with Koga's timely two base.
Seibu did not allow a goal with five pitcher relays after pitcher Matsumoto who dropped out with one goal in the fourth inning, and the third pitcher Honda is the second win.
In Hiroshima, pitcher Morishita, who pitched well with 2 goals in the 6th inning, could not support the batting line, and the winning percentage was less than 50%.
Nippon-Ham 10-0 Chunichi
Nippon-Ham once scored three points in a continuous timely two-base with Go Matsumoto and Nomura.
In the 5th inning, Imakawa's timely two-base and Ryo Ishikawa's two-run squeeze added three points, and he continued to score points.
Starting pitcher Sugiura scored his third win with no runs in the sixth inning.
Chunichi suffered five consecutive losses in the 11th shutout defeat, and the number of losses was 7, the highest this season.
Hanshin Tigers escapes from the bottom for the first time this season
The Hanshin Tigers continued to be sluggish at the bottom of the league, suffering the longest record in the Central League, with nine consecutive losses in the opening season. I was in good shape.
On the 11th, I played against Orix at Kyocera Dome Osaka and won 3-2.
Then, the Chunichi, which was one game behind, was defeated and the Hanshin Tigers surpassed the winning percentage, so they moved up to 5th place in the Central League and escaped from the bottom for the first time since the start of this season.
In the ranking of the interleague game, the leader Yakult, who was behind by one game, won and decided the championship, and Hanshin was confirmed to be the second place for the second consecutive year.