In professional baseball, Orix vs. Lotte was canceled due to rain, five games were played, and Softbank won the head-to-head confrontation between Pacific League leader Seibu and second-placed Softbank, narrowing the game gap to 1.5.

Pacific League

▽ In Seibu vs. Softbank, Softbank won 5 to 3.



▼ Win: Ray pitcher 5 wins and 3 losses.



▼ Save: Moinero pitcher 1 win 1 loss 18 saves.



▼ Lose: Hirai pitcher 6 wins and 6 losses.



In the first inning, Softbank scored three goals with Taisei Makihara's timely effort, and in the fourth inning, Kai's squeeze and Imamiya's timely effort added two points.



The starting pitcher Ray scored his fifth win with three runs in five innings.



In Seibu, starting pitcher Hirai was unable to fulfill his role with 5 runs in the middle of the 4th inning.



▽ Rakuten won 8 to 2 in Nippon Ham vs. Rakuten.



▼ Win: Karashima pitcher 4 wins and 2 losses.



▼ Lose: Uehara pitcher 3 wins and 4 losses.



In the 5th inning, with a score of 2-2, Rakuten won with Asamura's timely run, and in the 6th inning, Kofukada's 2-point timely run, and in the 7th inning, Motegi's 2-point timely three-base scored additional points. .



The starting pitcher, Karashima, gave up two goals in five innings and won his fourth.



Rakuten moved up to 3rd place with 3 straight wins.



Nippon-Ham's pitching staff was underwhelming, and the batting lineup lacked connection, with 10 hits and 13 strikeouts.

Central League

▽ Yakult won 4 to 2 in Yakult vs. Hanshin.



▼ Win: Takahashi pitcher 8 wins and 2 losses.



▼ Save: McGuff pitcher 2 losses 30 saves.



▼ Lose: Shoji Ito pitcher 8 wins and 4 losses.



▼ Home run: Yakult Murakami player No. 42, Yamada player No. 19.


Hanshin Teruaki Sato player No. 17.



In the 3rd inning, Yakult took the lead with Murakami's No. 42 three-run, and in the 8th inning with a one-point difference, Yamada's No. 19 solo took the lead.



Starting pitcher Takahashi lost two goals in six innings, his eighth win.



Pitcher McGuff reached 30 saves.



The team is on a three-game winning streak.



Hanshin were unable to score in their chances in the early stages, resulting in an eight-game losing streak.



▽ DeNA won 7 to 3 in DeNA vs. Giants.



▼Win: Pitcher Hirata has 4 wins and 2 losses.



▼ Lose: Akahoshi pitcher 3 wins and 5 losses.



▼ Home run: DeNA Soto player No. 12, Miyazaki player No. 6.



DeNA caught up with Kuwabara's 2-point timely and Kusumoto's squeeze in the 5th inning, 0-3, and won the 6th inning with Soto's No. 12 Touran.



Furthermore, in the 8th inning, Miya*zaki's No. 6 Touran extended the lead.



It is the fourth win with the second pitcher Hirata winning.



The giant couldn't protect the lead, and the relief team collapsed.



▽ In Hiroshima vs. Chunichi, Hiroshima won the goodbye 1-0 in 11 extra innings.



▼ Win: Thali pitcher 2 wins and 2 losses.



▼ Lose: Fujishima pitcher 1 win and 1 loss.



In the 11th inning, which was 0 to 0, Hiroshima's pinch hitter Matsuyama hit two bases with 2 outs and 2nd base to decide the game.



The starting pitcher Kuri pitched 9 times with 4 hits and no runs, and the third pitcher Turley won his second win.



Hiroshima moved up to 3rd place.



In Chunichi, pitcher Hiroto Takahashi pitched well with no runs in the 7th inning, but there was no support from the batting line.