Five professional baseball games were played, and Yakult, the leader of the Central League, had No. 4 Munetaka Murakami hit a home run in three consecutive at-bats, and won a come-from-behind victory over second place Hanshin.

Pacific League

Softbank vs. Seibu won 4-2 with Softbank.


Wins Wada pitcher 3 wins and 2 losses.


S Moinero pitcher 1 loss 15 saves.


Negative Ensu pitcher 6 wins and 6 losses.


Home run


Softbank Glacial player No. 6.


Seibu O'Grady player No. 14.



In the 2nd inning with a score of 0 to 1, Softbank turned the game around with Yanagimachi's RBI and Kurose's sacrifice fly.


In the 4th inning, 2 points were added with Glacial's No. 6 solo.


Starting pitcher Wada scored his third win with 7 hits and 1 goal in 5 innings, and Softbank stopped the losing streak at 4.


Seibu couldn't play a role with starting pitcher Enns giving up 4 runs in the middle of the 5th inning.



In Rakuten vs. Nippon-Ham, Rakuten won 10-5.


Wins Pitcher Ishibashi wins two.


Negative Pitcher Miyanishi has 3 losses and 1 save.


Home run


Rakuten Kofukada player No. 1, Okajima player No. 1.



In the 7th inning, which was chasing 3 points, Rakuten scored 6 points with Okajima's No. 1 solo and Shimauchi's 2-point timely three-base, and Tatsumi and Motegi's consecutive timely hits.


For Rakuten, the third pitcher, Ishibashi, won the second game.


Nippon-Ham's relief team collapsed.



Lotte vs. Orix, Orix won 5-2.


Katsu: Pitcher Tajima has 7 wins and 3 losses.


S Higa pitcher has 3 wins and 1 save.


Negative Pitcher Futaki has 2 wins and 3 losses.


Home run


Orix Wakatsuki player No. 2.


Lotte Ogino player No. 2.



In the 3rd inning with a score of 0-2, Orix scored 3 points with Keita Nakagawa's timely two bases, etc. to turn the game around.


In the 5th inning, Kurebayashi scored a timely goal, and in the 8th inning, Wakatsuki scored an additional point with No. 2 solo.


Starting pitcher Tajima gave up 2 goals in the 8th inning, his 7th win, and pitcher Higa marked his first save of the season, giving Orix 5 straight wins.


Lotte lost four games in a row, and the winning percentage fell below 50%.

Central League

Hanshin vs. Yakult won 11 times and Yakult won 4-2.


Katsu Taguchi pitcher 1 win 1 loss 1 save.


S McGuff pitcher 2 losses 26 saves.


Negative Pitcher Ishii lost 1.


Home run


Yakult Murakami player No. 35, No. 36, No. 37.



Yakult caught up with Murakami hitting solo home runs in the 7th and 9th innings from 0 to 2, and in the 11th inning, Murakami hit the No. 37 Touran, which was his 3rd at-bat in a row, and won.


Taguchi, the sixth pitcher, won his first victory of the season.


Hanshin's starting pitcher Gankel pitched well with no runs in six innings, but his winning streak ended at five due to the lack of success.



In Hiroshima vs. Chunichi, Chunichi won 6-5.


Katsufuku Pitcher 2 wins and 2 losses.


S Pitcher Rydell Martinez 2 wins, 1 loss, 23 saves.


Negative Pitcher Moriura has 1 win and 2 losses.


Home run


Hiroshima Ryosuke Kikuchi player No. 4.



Chunichi was chasing 1 point in the 8th inning, with Viciedo's 2-point timely and Kinoshita's timely two-base.


The fourth lucky pitcher won his second win, and Chunichi won three consecutive wins on the same card for the first time since April.


Hiroshima's batting lineup showed tenacity, but the fifth pitcher, Moriura, was caught, resulting in a four-game losing streak.