Six professional baseball games were played, and Central League leader Yakult lost to fifth-placed Hiroshima, resulting in a four-game losing streak.

Pacific League

▽ Orix won 5-1 in Orix vs. Rakuten.



▼ Win: Tajima pitcher 8 wins and 3 losses.


▼ Lose: Norimoto 6 wins and 7 losses.



In the first inning, Orix took the lead with Keita Nakagawa's sacrifice fly.

In the 3rd inning, Nishino's timely two base scored 2 points, and in the 4th inning, Nishino's timely three base scored an additional point.


Starting pitcher Tajima pitched well, conceding one goal in the 7th inning, and won his 7th consecutive win, his 8th win, and Orix moved up to 3rd place.

Rakuten dropped to 4th place after pitcher Norimoto suffered his 7th loss after 5 straight losses.



▽ Softbank won 3 to 0 in Lotte vs. Softbank.



▼Win: Pitcher Ishikawa has 4 wins and 6 losses.


▼ Save: Moinero pitcher 1 loss 16 saves.


▼ Lose: Romero pitcher 8 wins and 6 losses.



Softbank took the lead in the 3rd inning with Imamiya's timely two base, and in the 5th inning, Imamiya and Yanagida added 2 points in a timely manner.


Starting pitcher Ishikawa pitched well with 3 hits in the 8th inning and no runs, and won his 4th victory for the first time in about a month.

Lotte's batting line was not good.



▽ Nippon-Ham vs. Seibu, Nippon-Ham won a come-from-behind goodbye 5-3.



▼ Win: Rodriguez pitcher 1 win and 1 loss.


▼ Lose: Pitcher Masuda has 2 wins, 2 losses and 22 saves.


▼ Home run: Nippon-Ham, Kondo player No. 4.

Seibu Nakamura Player No. 7.



In the ninth inning, chasing one point, pinch hitters Sugitani and Kiyomiya created a chance to hit first base and second base, and Kondo hit a No. 4 three-run to decide the game.



The starting pitcher, Ito, gave up three goals in the middle of the ninth inning, and the second pitcher, Rodriguez, scored the first win in three years.

In Seibu, pitcher Masuda collapsed.

Central League

▽ In DeNA vs. Hanshin, DeNA won 3 to 2 goodbye.



▼ Win: Imanaga pitcher 6 wins and 3 losses.


▼ Lose: Pitcher Kajiya lost 2.



In the 4th inning, where DeNA chased 2 points, they returned 1 point on the opponent's error, and in the 6th inning, they tied the score during an infield ground ball.

In the 9th inning, pinch hitter Ota hit a hit in the scene of 2 outs on 1st base and 3rd base to decide the game.

Starting pitcher Imanaga pitched a complete game with 2 goals and won his 6th win.


Hanshin scored two runs in the second inning, but after the third inning, they were limited to one hit.



▽ Hiroshima won 2-0 in Hiroshima vs. Yakult.



▼ Win: Morishita pitcher 9 wins and 6 losses.


▼ Lose: Takanashi pitcher 5 wins and 6 losses.



In the 3rd inning, Hiroshima scored first with Ryosuke Kikuchi's third grounder from 3rd base with 1 out, and in the 8th inning, Nishikawa added 1 point in a timely manner.

The starting pitcher, Morishita, had five hits and a good throw that did not step on third base, and he closed the game for the first time this season and won his ninth win.


Yakult had a strong pitching staff, but lost four games in a row.



▽ In the Chunichi vs. Giants, Chunichi won 3 to 2.



▼ Win: Yanagi pitcher 7 wins and 8 losses.


▼ Saves: Pitcher Rydell Martinez has 2 wins, 2 losses and 24 saves.


▼ Lose: Mercedes pitcher 5 wins and 5 losses.



Chunichi caught up with Okabayashi's timely two base in the 3rd inning of 1-2, and won the 5th inning with Viciedo's timely infield hit.


Yanagi, the starting pitcher, had 7 hits in the 6th inning, gave up 2 runs, and scored his 7th victory.

The Giants did not make the most of their chances, and their winning streak ended at four.