Six professional baseball games were played. In the Pacific League, SoftBank, the leader, stopped their losing streak at two. Lotte won five consecutive games to take sole second place.

Pacific League

SoftBank vs. Seibu was won by SoftBank 3-1.

○ Wins: Fujii pitchers 2 wins
Saves: Osuna pitchers 2 saves
● Losses: Ensus pitchers 2 losses

SoftBank opened the scoring in the fourth inning on Imamiya's sacrifice fly, and Masaki and Kai picked up an extruding foreball to score three runs in the inning.

Starting pitcher Fujii earned his second win with two hits and no runs in the middle of the sixth inning with eight strikeouts, while Osuna earned his second save.

Seibu struggled to control its starting pitcher, Ensu.

▽ Lotte vs Rakuten won 10-1.

○ Wins: Taneichi pitchers 1 win
1 loss ● Losses: Kishi pitchers 1 loss
◎ Home runs: Lotte Yasuda No. 1, Fujiwara No. 1
Rakuten Kurokawa No.

1 Lotte opened the scoring with Yasuda's timely two-base hit in the first inning, and in the second inning, Fujiwara's timely two-base hit and Shogo Nakamura's timely hit collected five long and short hits to add four runs.

Starting pitcher Taneichi pitched six scoreless innings to earn his first win in three years.

Lotte has won five in a row.

Rakuten's starting pitcher Kishi gave up six runs in two innings, and Rakuten has lost three in a row.

The Orix vs. Japan-Ham match was won by Japan Ham 7-2.

○ Win: Kanemura pitcher 1 win
● Loss: Knicks pitcher 1 loss
◎ Home run: Japan ham Kiyomiya No. 1, Nomura No. 2, Manba No. 1
Japan Ham scored
four runs in the first inning on Kiyomiya's No. 1 three-run single and Nomura's No. 1 solo. They added three more runs in the third inning on Manba's solo shot in the first inning.

Starting pitcher Kanemura earned his first professional victory by pitching two runs in the middle of the seventh inning.

Japan Ham won two straight games for the first time this season.

Orix couldn't play a role as the Knicks' pitcher, who started in Japan for the first time, gave up four runs in two innings.

Central League

▽ Hanshin and Yakult drew 12-1 in 1 innings due to regulation.

Yakult tied the game in the seventh inning on a pinch hitter and a timely two-base hit by Kawabata, but Yamada, Murakami, and Osuna collapsed at third base with no outs in the 1th inning.

Hanshin did not take advantage of repeated chances and both sides lacked a decisive goal, as Chikamoto fell into a double play in the 7th inning with one out and one out at second base.

DeNA won the match 8-0 against China-Japan.

○ Win: Ishida pitcher 1 win 1 loss ● Loss: Fukutani pitcher 1 loss

◎ Home run: DeNA Tojima No. 1, Sano No. 1
DeNA 1
inning, Miyazaki and Soto's timely two bases, They showed a fierce attack in which 10 batters scored six runs, including a two-run double by Tojima.

Starting pitcher Ishida pitched six scoreless innings to earn his first win of the season.

DeNA got the stars back to five minutes with four straight wins.

In Chunichi, starting pitcher Fukutani got up and was hit hard, and the batting line fell silent.

▽ Hiroshima vs. Giants was won by Hiroshima 4-2.

○ Win: Tamamura pitcher 1 win
Save: Kuribayashi pitcher 1 loss 3 saves
● Loss: Akahoshi pitcher 1 loss
◎ Home run: Hiroshima Davidson No. 4, Tanaka No. 1
: Giant Okoye No. 1, Nakata Sho No. 3

Hiroshima tied the game 0-1 in the third inning on a timely hit by Akiyama, scored one run on a sacrifice fly by McBroom, and added another run in the fourth on solo home runs by Davidson and Tanaka.

Starting pitcher Tamamura earned his first win of the season by allowing one run in the middle of the seventh inning, and Kuribayashi earned his third consecutive save.

Hiroshima has won four in a row to bring the stars back to five, while the Giants have lost five in a row.