Six games were played in professional baseball, and Yakult, the leader of the Central League, extended his winning streak to eight.

Softbank 4-1 Rakuten

Softbank took the lead with Isami Nomura's No. 6 Touran in the first inning, Gracial's No. 5 solo in the third inning, and Mimori's timely three-base in the sixth inning.

Starting pitcher Wada scored a second win with one hit and one goal in six innings, achieving a total of 150 wins in Japan and the United States.

Softbank has won three consecutive victories.



Rakuten lost 3 hits and 3 consecutive losses without hitting.

Seibu 3-2 Orix

Seibu turned around by scoring 3 points in the 4th inning, chasing 2 points, with Yamakawa's timely two base and Mori's 2 points timely.

In the second year, pitcher Sasaki, who threw the second player, scored his first professional victory by holding down one inning without any goals, and pitcher Masuda, who was in the lead, marked the 17th save in line with the league top.



In Orix, starting pitcher Sachiya Yamasaki gave three innings, including a walk and a dead ball, and was confused with three runs.

Lotte 4-2 Nippon Ham

Lotte scored three goals in the first inning with Shogo Nakamura's sacrifice fly, Yamaguchi's timely hit, and Yasuda's timely two-base.

In the 4th inning, Ogino added 1 point in a timely manner.

Starting pitcher Mima scored his fourth win with one goal in five innings, and Lotte won four straight games.



Nippon-Ham suffered three consecutive losses without being able to hit the line.

Yakult 8-3 Hiroshima

Yakult won the league top 20 solo of Murakami three times, 2 to 2.

In the 5th inning, Shiomi's No. 11 solo and Murakami's No. 21 solo, which was two at-bats in a row, added two points, and he continued to score points.


Starting pitcher Ishikawa threw the longest seven innings of the season, holding down to three goals and scoring the fourth win, and Yakult extended the winning streak to eight.



In Hiroshima, starting pitcher Kuri collapsed with 5 goals in the 5th inning, and the team lost 5 consecutive games.

DeNA 7-4 Hanshin

DeNA won 4 to 4 in the 8th inning with Kamizato's 2-point timely three-base, and Minei's short ground ball invited his opponent's Fielder's Choice to add 1 point.

The third pitcher, Escobar, scored his third win, and DeNA stopped the losing streak with three.



Hanshin caught up with the tie in the 7th inning, but in the 8th inning, the fifth pitcher Yuasa collapsed and the winning streak stopped at 5.

Giants 5-3 Chunichi

In the 4th inning, Kazuma Okamoto's No. 18 solo and Riku Masuda took the lead in 3 points in a timely manner, and added 1 point each in the 6th and 8th innings.

Starting pitcher Shoemaker scored his third win with one goal in the seventh inning, and the Giants stopped the losing streak with four.



In Chunichi, starting pitcher Yanagi suffered a fifth loss with four goals in the seventh inning.