Four professional baseball games were played, and in the Central League, Hanshin beat Yakult and finished third.

In the Pacific League, 3rd place Seibu defeated 4th place Rakuten.

Central League

In Yakult vs. Hanshin, Hanshin won 2-1.


▽ Win, Keller pitcher 3 wins 2 losses 3 saves.


▽ Save, pitcher Iwasaki 1 win 6 losses 28 saves.


▽ Lose, pitcher Shimizu 5 wins and 4 losses.


▽ Home run, Hanshin / Nakano player No. 6.



In the first inning, Hanshin took the lead with Nakano's first hitter home run for the second consecutive game, and Haraguchi's timely victory in the eighth inning, one-on-one.



The third pitcher, Keller, scored his third win, and Hanshin moved up to third place alone with three consecutive wins.



Yakult didn't do well with 4 hits.



DeNA vs Chunichi, Chunichi won 1-0.


▽ Win, Rodriguez pitcher 6 wins and 2 losses.


▽ Save, Rydell Martinez Pitcher 4 wins, 3 losses, 38 saves.


▽ Lose, pitcher Ise 3 wins, 3 losses and 1 save.



Chunichi broke the balance in the 8th inning, 0-0, with a timely hit by pinch hitter Mizowaki.



Suzuki, who replaced the starting pitcher Yanagi, who was sent off due to a dangerous ball, showed good relief with one hit in the 4th and 2/3 innings.



A third pitcher, Rodriguez, scored his sixth win, while Rydell Martinez led the league alone with 38 saves.



In DeNA, the starting pitcher Gazelleman pitched well with seven scoreless innings, but there was no batting support.

Pacific League

Rakuten vs. Seibu, Seibu won 1-0.


▽ Win, Imai pitcher 5 wins and 1 loss.


▽ Save, Taira pitcher 1 win 3 losses 9 saves.


▽ Lose, pitcher Kishi 8 wins and 10 losses.


▽ Home run, Seibu Hiranuma player No. 1.



In the 5th inning, Seibu defended the 1 point scored in No. 1 solo, Hiranuma's first home run in 3 years.



Starting pitcher Imai, who pitched for the first time in about a month, scored his fifth win with a good throw of 8 hits and 4 hits.



3rd place Seibu won four games in a row, widening the game gap with 4th place Rakuten to 1.5 games.



Rakuten's starting pitcher Kishi pitched well, allowing one run in the eighth inning, but the batting lineup did not perform well with four hits.



Nippon-Ham vs. Lotte, Lotte won 11-3.


▽ Win, pitcher Mima 10 wins and 6 losses.


▽ Lose, Uesawa pitcher 8 wins and 9 losses.


▽ Home run, Lotte Fujiwara player No. 1, Yamaguchi player No. 15, Inoue player No. 7.



Nippon-Ham Kondo player No. 8.



In the 4th inning of 0 to 2, Lotte scored 6 points at once with Fujiwara's No. 1 solo and Yamaguchi's No. 15 Touran, etc., and reversed.



In the 7th inning, Inoue scored 4 points with No. 7 three-run.



Starting pitcher Mima gave up 3 points in the middle of the 6th inning, and won his 6th consecutive win, his 10th win for the first time in 2 years.



Lotte ended their losing streak at four.



Nippon-Ham's starting pitcher Uesawa collapsed with 6 runs in the 4th inning.