Six professional baseball games were played, and Seibu, the leader of the Pacific League, won 10 to 4 against Lotte, the fifth place, and won three cards in a row in the second half.

Pacific League

▽ In Seibu vs. Lotte, Seibu won 10 to 4.

Win, Ensu pitcher 7 wins 6 losses.


Lost, Mori pitcher lost 1.


Home run, Seibu Yamakawa player No. 33.


Lotte Martin Player No. 8.



In the 4th inning of 1-2, Seibu caught up with Hasegawa's timely two-base, and Tonozaki's timely victory.



In addition, Mori's timely run and Yamakawa's No. 33 three-run home run in three consecutive games scored six points in one fell swoop.



Pitcher Enns scored his 7th win with 2 runs in 5 innings.



Seibu won three consecutive cards in the second half.



Lotte couldn't play a role with starting pitcher Mori in the 4th inning with 8 hits and 7 runs.

▽ Rakuten won 7 to 2 in Softbank vs. Rakuten.

1 win for pitcher Miyamori.


Lose, pitcher Wada 3 wins and 3 losses.



In the 6th inning, with a score of 0 to 1, Rakuten scored 2 points in a timely two-base run by Shimauchi and 3 points in a timely manner by Okajima to turn the game around.



Okajima was active in the 7th inning with 2 outs, bases loaded, and runners wiped out in a timely two-base manner, and in the 9th inning, he hit 3 times in a row and scored 5 RBIs.



Pitcher Miyamori, who pitched as the second pitcher in the 5th inning, scored his first professional victory by keeping the first inning scoreless.



Softbank's starting pitcher Wada was caught in the 6th inning.

▽ In Orix vs. Nippon-Ham, Nippon-Ham won 5-3.

Win, Nemoto pitcher 2 wins and 2 losses.


Save, Iguchi pitcher 1 save.


Lost, pitcher Nakamura lost 1.


Home run, Orix Kurebayashi No. 5.



In the second inning, Nippon-Ham took the lead with Taniuchi's two-point timely two-base.



In the 5th inning, Kiyomiya made a timely run, and in the 6th inning, Umebayashi made a 2-point timely run to widen the lead.



The starting pitcher, Nemoto, lost one goal in the middle of the seventh inning and won the second game.



The fifth pitcher, Iguchi, made his first save in three years.



Orix caught up in the final stages, but didn't make it.

Central League

▽ In the Yakult vs. Giants, the Giants won 7 to 4.

2 wins for Sakurai.


Save, many pitchers 1 win 1 loss 26 saves.


Lose, pitcher Umeno 3 wins and 2 losses.


Home run, giant Maru player No. 21, Kazuma Okamoto player No. 22, Oshiro player No. 10.

Yakult Santana Player No. 11.



In the 7th inning of 2 to 4, the Giants scored 4 points, including Oshiro's No. 10 solo and Yoshikawa's 2-point timely three base, and in the 8th inning, the opponent's error extended the lead.



The third pitcher, Sakurai, scored his second win, and many pitchers scored their 26th save, giving the team four consecutive wins.



Yakult lost three straight games because the relievers could not protect their lead.

▽ In Hiroshima vs. Hanshin, Hanshin won 7 to 5.

2 wins for pitcher Iwasada.


Save, Keller pitcher 2 losses 1 save.


Lose, pitcher Moriura 1 win and 3 losses.


Home run, Hanshin Rodriguez player No. 2, Rojas player No. 6.

Hiroshima, Akiyama player No. 4, Nishikawa player No. 6.



In the 5th inning, 2-5, Hanshin tied the score with two consecutive home runs by Rodriguez and Rojas, and in the 8th inning, Shimada's timely two-base and Teruaki Sato's sacrifice fly won two points.



The fourth pitcher, Iwasada, scored his second win, and Keller made his first save in Japan.



In Hiroshima, pitcher Moriura collapsed.

▽ Chunichi vs. DeNA, Chunichi won 5-0.

4 wins and 4 losses for pitcher Hiroto Takahashi.


Lose, Romero pitcher 4 wins and 6 losses.


Home run, Chunichi / Ishigaki player No. 1.



In the 4th inning, Chunichi took the lead with Levira's timely play, and in the 7th inning, he scored an additional point between pinch hitter Hirata's second grounder.



Furthermore, in the 8th inning, Ishigaki's No. 1 three-run extended the lead.



Starting pitcher Hiroto Takahashi scored his fourth win with five hits and no runs until the middle of the seventh inning, stopping the team's losing streak at four.



In DeNA, Romero pitched well with 1 goal in 6 innings, but the winning streak stopped at 4 without the support of the batting line.