Six professional baseball games were played, and Yakult, the leader of the Central League, lost five straight games.

DeNA beat Hanshin to move up to 2nd place.

Central League

▽ DeNA won 3-0 in DeNA vs. Hanshin.


▼ Win, pitcher Hamaguchi 5 wins and 4 losses.


▼ Save, pitcher Yamazaki 2 losses 24 saves.


▼ Lose, pitcher Masashi Ito 8 wins and 3 losses.



In the 8th inning with a score of 0-0, DeNA scored 2 points with Maki's timely two base and the opponent's error involved, and Miyazaki added 1 point in a timely manner.



Hamaguchi, the starting pitcher, pitched 3 hits in the 8th inning, and scored his 5th win with no runs, and DeNA took over Hanshin and moved up to 2nd place.



Hanshin couldn't support pitcher Masashi Ito, who pitched well until the 8th inning.



▽ Hiroshima won 4 to 1 in Hiroshima vs. Yakult.


▼ Win, Kuri pitcher 5 wins and 7 losses.


▼ Save, pitcher Kuribayashi 1 loss 21 saves.


▼ Lost, star pitcher lost 1.


▼ Home run, Hiroshima / Kozono player No. 6.



In the 1st inning, Hiroshima scored 2 points with Nishikawa's timely, etc. In the 2nd, Noma's timely two base, and in the 4th, Kozono's No. 6 solo extended the lead.



The starting pitcher, Guri, scored no goals in six innings, and won his fifth win since June 2nd.



In the 8th inning, Yakult suffered a 5-game losing streak with only one point from Aoki's sacrifice fly.



▽ In the Chunichi vs. Giants, the Giants won 2 to 1.


▼ Win, pitcher Togo 10 wins and 5 losses.


▼ Saves, many pitchers 1 win, 1 loss, 27 saves.


▼ Lose, Pitcher Rydell Martinez 2 wins, 3 losses, 24 saves.


▼ Home run, Giant Nakata No. 13.



The giant won the 9th inning, 1-1, with Nakata's No. 13 solo from two outs.



The starting pitcher, Togo, gave up 1 run in 8 innings and scored 12 strikeouts, his first 10 wins in his fourth year as a professional.



A lot of pitchers who closed the 9th inning raised the 27th save.



In Chunichi, pitcher Rydell Martinez, a suppressor, hit a home run in the final.

Pacific League

▽ Orix vs. Rakuten won 10 innings, with Rakuten winning 2-1.


▼Won, Nishiguchi pitcher won 3 wins.


▼ Save, pitcher Hiroki Matsui 1 win, 2 losses, 21 saves.


▼ Lose, Pitcher Wagespak 2 wins, 6 losses and 3 saves.


▼ Home run, Rakuten Okajima player No. 2.



Rakuten caught up with Okajima's No. 2 solo in the 9th inning, 0 to 1, and in the 10th inning, Shimauchi pushed out from the bases loaded with two outs and chose a four-ball to win.



Rakuten's fifth pitcher, Nishiguchi, won his third win.



In the Orix, starting pitcher Yamamoto pitched well with no runs in the 8th inning, but in the 9th inning, pitcher Yoshihisa Hirano hit a home run, and in the 10th inning, Wagespak pitched three consecutive fours from two outs on third base.



▽ Softbank won 4 to 3 in Lotte vs. Softbank.


▼ Win, Higashihama pitcher 7 wins and 5 losses.


▼ Save, Moinero pitcher 1 loss 17 saves.


▼ Lose, pitcher Aki Sasaki 6 wins and 3 losses.


▼ Home run, Softbank Yanagita No. 15.

Lotte Ogino player No. 3.



In the second inning, Softbank scored three points with Yanagida's No. 15 solo and consecutive squeezes by Kawase and Kai.



In the 8th inning, Taisei Makihara added one point in a timely manner.



Starting pitcher Higashihama scored his seventh win since June 8 with one goal in the seventh inning.



Lotte's starting pitcher, Aki Sasaki, gave up 3 goals in 6 innings and suffered his 3rd loss, 2 in a row, and the team also lost 3 in a row.



▽ Nippon-Ham vs. Seibu extended 12 innings and drew 2 to 2 by regulation.


▼ Home run, Seibu Sotozaki player No. 7.



In the third inning, Seibu took the lead with Tonozaki's No. 7 solo, and in the fourth inning, Aito scored an additional point in a timely manner.



Chasing two points, Nippon-Ham caught up with Umebayashi's timely run in the 5th inning, and Imagawa's timely two-base in the 7th.



After that, both teams lacked a decisive goal and the game ended in a draw.