In professional baseball, two Pacific League games were held, and Softbank, the leader, beat Lotte and reduced the magic number to victory to "4".
Softbank 2-1 Lotte Akira Sasaki is not the 10th win
Katsu Fujii pitcher has 5 wins and 3 saves.
S Pitcher Moinero has 1 win, 1 loss and 23 saves.
Negative Pitcher Tojo has 4 wins and 4 losses.
In the 5th inning, Softbank got on base with a dead ball, and Mitsumori stole a base, advanced to third base, and took the lead with a wild pitch.
After that, the score was tied 1-1, but in the 8th inning, Imamiya scored a timely victory.
In the middle of the 6th inning, 5 relief pitchers kept a clean sheet, and the 5th pitcher, Fujii, scored his 5th win.
Lotte starting pitcher Aki Sasaki pitched well with 2 hits and 1 run in the 6th inning, but there was no batting support.
SOFTBANK has won three consecutive wins and has secured a place in the top three, and has reduced the magic number to victory by one to "4".
Nippon-Ham 3-2 Rakuten Taikai Ito saves for the first time as a professional
Win Kato pitcher 8 wins 7 losses
S Ito pitcher 10 wins 9 losses 1 save L
Hayakawa pitcher 5 wins 9 losses
HR Nippon-Ham Usami player No. 5
Nippon-Ham took the lead with Usami's No. 5 solo in the 3rd inning, followed by 4 In the inning, Taniuchi's timely play and the opponent's error also contributed to adding two points.
Starting pitcher Kato threw 8 innings and scored 2 goals, scoring his 8th win.
Pitcher Ito, who has won double digits as a starting pitcher, went up to the mound nine times and marked his first save as a professional.
Rakuten returned two points in the final stage to catch up, but it fell short, and the chances of winning disappeared and they fell back to 4th place.