Five professional baseball games were held, and Yakult, the leader of the Central League, won a direct confrontation with DeNA, the second place, and set the magic number to victory as "2".
If they win against DeNA on the 25th, they will win the league championship for the second consecutive year.
Central League
Yakult won 8-1 in Yakult vs. DeNA.
▽ Win: Saisnead pitcher 9 wins and 6 losses
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Loss: Onuki pitcher 11 wins and 8 losses
▽ Home run: Yakult Osuna No. 18, Nakamura No. 5
Player No. 18 solo, in the 3rd inning, Osuna's sacrifice fly and Miyamoto's timely addition added 2 points, and after that he continued to score.
Saisnead, the starting pitcher, scored his 9th win with 1 run in the middle of the 8th inning.
Yakult set the magic number to victory as 2.
DeNA's starting pitcher Onuki gave up 4 runs in the middle of the 3rd inning, and was unable to fulfill his role.
In the Chunichi vs. Giants, Chunichi won 2-1.
▽ Win: Ogasawara pitcher 9 wins 8 losses
▽ Save: Rydell Martinez pitcher 4 wins 3 losses 37 saves
▽ Loss: Togo pitcher 12 wins 7 losses
▽ Home run: Giant Kazuma Okamoto No. 30
Chunichi is 1 to 1 Three times, Viciedo's timely two-base win, and three pitcher relays escaped.
The starting pitcher, Ogasawara, scored one goal in seven innings and scored his ninth win.
Rydell Martinez made his 37th save.
For the Giants, starting pitcher Togo gave up two runs in the sixth inning, but the batting line was unable to support Kazuma Okamoto's No. 30 solo with just one point.
Pacific League
Softbank vs. Lotte, Softbank won 6-0.
▽ Win: Bando pitcher 3 wins 3 losses
▽ Loss: Futaki pitcher 2 wins 4 losses
▽ Home run: Softbank Mimori player No. 8, Nakamura Akira
No. In the 2nd inning, Yanagida scored 1 point in a timely two base, and in the 4th inning, Akira Nakamura scored 4 points with No. 6 three runs.
The starting pitcher, Bando, has 5 hits and is the first shutout as a professional and his 3rd win.
Lotte has no energy in pitching and hitting, and the possibility of winning has disappeared.
Rakuten vs Orix Orix won 9 to 1.
▽ Win: Pitcher Yamamoto 15 wins 5 losses
▽ Loss: Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka 9 wins 11 losses
▽ Home run: Orix Masanao Yoshida No. 21, Tonmiya No. 11 Rakuten Motegi No. 9
Orix Masanao Yoshida in the first inning Timely two-base and Nishino scored two points in a timely manner.
Yoshida hit No. 21 Touran in the 5th inning, hit 3 points in a timely manner in the 8th inning, and scored 6 RBIs.
Yamamoto, the starting pitcher, scored his 15th win with two hits in the 7th inning and no runs.
Rakuten's starting pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka, gave up 4 runs in the 5th inning and suffered his 11th loss, making the team its 3rd straight loss.
Nippon-Ham vs. Seibu, Seibu won 6-2.
▽ Win: Matsumoto pitcher 7 wins 6 losses
▽ Loss: Ikeda pitcher 1 win 3 losses
In the 4th inning, Seibu took the lead with Suzuki's timely two base, and in the 5th inning, Mori added two points in a timely two-base and Kuriyama's timely two points.
After that, they were close to one point difference, but in the eighth inning, Yamakawa added three points with a timely two base and others to push them away.
Starting pitcher Matsumoto scored his 7th win with 2 goals in the middle of the 7th inning, and Seibu moved up to 3rd place.
Nippon-Ham has decided to lose to the Pacific League global team.