In professional baseball, the last five games of the first half were played.


In the Central League, the leader Yakult beat Hiroshima, and the magic number "41" to win the championship was lit again.


In the Pacific League, Softbank returned to the top.

Central League

▽ Yakult vs. Hiroshima, Yakult won 4-2.



Win, Cy Sneed pitcher 5 wins and 3 losses.

Save, McGough pitcher 2 defeats 25 saves.

Losing, pitcher Guri 4 wins and 7 losses.

Home run, Yakult Santana No. 7, Nagaoka No. 7, Yamada No. 16, Osuna No. 11.



Yakult took the lead with Santana's No. 7 solo in the 2nd inning, Nagaoka's No. 7 solo in the 1 to 1 5th inning, and Yamada's No. 16 solo in the 2 to 2 6th inning.

In the 7th inning, Osuna added 1 point in No. 11 solo.

Starting pitcher Cy Sneed scored his fifth win with two goals in the sixth inning.



The magic number "41" to win the championship was lit again on Yakult.


Hiroshima had only three hits, and the winning streak stopped at three.



▽ In Hanshin vs. DeNA, Hanshin won 1-0.



Win, Gunkel pitcher 5 wins and 5 losses.

Save, Pitcher Iwasaki 1 win, 3 losses, 22 saves.

Losing, pitcher Hamaguchi 4 wins and 4 losses.



Hanshin defended the one point that Oyama gave in the sacrifice fly in the 4th inning with four pitcher relays.


Starting pitcher Gunkel persistently threw up to 6 times and scored his 5th win with no runs.



Hanshin has won three consecutive victories and reached a winning percentage of 50% for the first time this season.


In DeNA, starting pitcher Hamaguchi scored 1 goal in the 6th inning, but he suffered 3 consecutive losses without hitting the line.

Pacific League

▽ Seibu vs. Rakuten, Rakuten won 9-2.



Win, pitcher Shinjima 3 wins and 2 losses.

Losing, pitcher Hirai 5 wins and 5 losses.

Home run, Rakuten Tatsumi player No. 7.

Seibu / Tonosaki player No. 6.



Rakuten scored 4 points in the 3rd inning with Tatsumi and Asamura's timely and Mogi's 2 points timely.

In the 5th inning, Asamura and Shimauchi scored 2 points in a timely manner, and continued to score points thereafter.

Starting pitcher Shinjima scored his third win with two goals in the fifth inning, and Rakuten moved up to third place.



Seibu suffered the most 9 goals this season as pitchers such as Hirai collapsed.



▽ Orix vs. Softbank, Orix won 7-4.



Win, pitcher Higa 2 wins.

Save, Waguespack pitcher 2 wins 4 losses 1 save.

Losing, pitcher Wada 2 wins and 2 losses.

Home run, Orix Wakatsuki player No. 1.

Softbank Yanagita players No. 12 and No. 13.



Orix won the 4-4 6th inning with Sugimoto's 2-point timely two-base, and in the 7th inning, Wakatsuki's No. 1 solo scored additional points.

The second pitcher, Higa, made his second win, and Waguespack made his first save in Japan, and Orix won the first half of the game and finished with one.



The starting pitcher Higashihama and the third pitcher Wada did not stick to Softbank.


Softbank returned to the first half in the lead.



▽ Nippon-Ham vs. Lotte, Nippon-Ham won 5-4.



Win, pitcher Ito 8 wins and 7 losses.

Save, pitcher Hori 1 win, 2 losses, 5 saves.

Losing, pitcher Romero 7 wins and 5 losses.

Home run, Nippon-Ham Fighter No. 8.

Lotte Laird player No.14.



Nippon-Ham took the lead with Imagawa's No. 8 full-base home run in the first inning, and Kiyomiya's timely infield hit in the 7th inning of 4-4.

Starting pitcher Ito pitched seven times and hit 11 hits, but he scored his eighth win with four goals and Nippon-Ham stopped the losing streak with six.



Lotte couldn't take advantage of the chance and the winning streak stopped at 5.