Four professional baseball games were held on the 19th, and in the Pacific League, second place Orix won three straight games against leader Softbank, making the game difference "0".

Pacific League

▽ Orix vs. Softbank extended 10 times, and Orix won goodbye 6 to 5.


Won, Honda pitcher 2 wins, 3 losses and 2 saves.


Lose, Ray pitcher 5 wins 6 losses.


Home run, Orix Masanao Yoshida No. 19.



In the ninth inning of 4 to 5, Orix caught up with Masanao Yoshida in a timely manner, and from the 10th extra inning, the bases loaded with two outs, Sou hit the front of the center to win the goodbye.

The seventh pitcher, Honda, scored his second win.

2nd place Orix won 3 straight games against Softbank in 2nd place, closing in on a game difference.


Softbank temporarily turned around from the inferiority of leading 0 to 4 by the third inning, but suffered three consecutive losses, with pitcher Moinero hitting in the 9th and Ray pitching in the 10th.



▽ Seibu vs. Rakuten won 11 innings, with Rakuten winning 6-4.


Win, Busenitz pitcher 3 wins and 1 loss.


Save, Miyamori pitcher 1 win 1 save.


Lose, pitcher Masuda 2 wins 5 losses 30 saves.


Home run, Rakuten Ota player No. 3, Asamura player No. 27.

Seibu Tonozaki player No. 12, Aito player No. 9.



In the 11th inning of 4-4 overtime, Rakuten won 2 points with Asamura's 27th solo and Suzuki Daichi's sacrifice fly.

The fifth pitcher, Busenitz, scored his third win, and rookie pitcher Miyamori, who closed the game, made his first save as a professional.

Rakuten has won three straight games.


Seibu showed tenacity to catch up with the 3-point difference, but the ninth pitcher, Masuda, was hit, resulting in a 7-game losing streak.



▽ Nippon-Ham won 4-0 in Nippon-Ham vs. Lotte.


Win, Kato pitcher 7 wins and 7 losses.


Lose, pitcher Suzuki 1 win and 3 losses.



In the first inning, Nippon-Ham scored four points with a timely run by Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, a sacrifice fly by Kimura, and a timely two base by Kondo.

Starting pitcher Kato scored 6 hits and 7 wins, which is the highest number in his career, with his second shutout victory this season without giving a four-ball.


In Lotte, the starting pitcher Suzuki gave up 4 points in the middle of the second inning, and suffered a shutout loss without a batting line.

Central League

▽ Giants vs. DeNA, the giants won 5 to 3.


Win, Sugano pitcher 9 wins and 6 losses.


Save, many pitchers 1 win 3 losses 34 saves.


Lose, pitcher Imanaga 10 wins and 4 losses.


Home run, giant Nakata player No. 23, Oshiro player No. 13, Polanco player No. 23, Maru player No. 27.

DeNA, Sekine player No. 1, Sano player No. 19.



In the 2nd inning, the Giants chased 1 point, Nakata's No. 23 solo and Oshiro's No. 13 Touran scored 3 points to reverse the game, Polanco's No. 23 solo in the 4th inning, and Maru's No. 27 solo in the 6th. and won with a home run offensive.

The starting pitcher, Sugano, pitched on the 5th and won 9 times with 1 point in 7 innings.

The 5th-placed Giants approached Hanshin and Hiroshima, who are lined up in 3rd place, with no game difference.



DeNA's starting pitcher, Imanaga, gave up 5 runs in the 6th inning, which was not enough.