Six professional baseball games were played, and SoftBank, the leader of the Pacific League, won a bye over Japan Ham.
In the Central League, Yakult, the leader, beat DeNA, who had won four consecutive games thanks to a home run by Munetaka Murakami.

Pacific League

▽ SoftBank vs. Japan Ham won 10-4 in the 3th inning.

○ Wins: Tsumori pitcher wins 1.
- Losses: Rodriguez pitcher 1 loss.
◎ Home run: Japan Ham Manba No. 2.

SoftBank tied the game 3-3 in the 10th inning on a sacrifice fly by Kurihara from the bases loaded with no outs.

Tsumori, who threw the sixth and final pitcher, earned his first win of the season.

Japan Ham took the lead twice and caught up each time, but the eighth pitcher, Rodriguez, was caught.

Seibu vs Lotte was won by Seibu 6-2.

○ Wins: 8 win by Taira pitcher.
- Losses: Mima pitcher 8 losses.
◎ Home run: Seibu Peyton No. 3.
Lotte Nakamura Shogo No. 1.

Seibu tied the game at 2-2 in the fifth inning on McKinnon's timely two-base play and Koga's timely groundout.

They extended their lead in the sixth and seventh innings with concentrated hits.

Starting pitcher Taira earned his first win after switching to the starting lineup in the sixth inning with a home run and one hit and two runs.

Lotte scored two runs in the first inning, but could not protect the lead and the streak stopped at five.

Rakuten vs. Orix was won by Orix 1-1.

○ Wins: Yamashita pitcher wins 2.
● Losses: Norimoto pitcher 5 losses.
◎ Home runs: Orix Gonzalez No. 6 and No. 7, Sugimoto No. 6.

Orix opened the scoring with a two-run double by Gonzalez in the third inning, and Gonzalez added another run in the sixth with a solo shot in the third, his second home run of the game.

Third-year starter Yamashita earned his first professional victory with two hits and no runs in five innings with 1 strikeouts.

Rakuten had just three hits and lost four in a row.

Central League

Yakult vs DeNA was won by Yakult 6-3.

○ Wins: 2 wins by Cy Snead pitcher.
- Losses: Hamaguchi pitcher 2 losses.
◎ Home run: Yakult Murakami No. 2.
DeNA Kuwabara No. 1, Ota No. 1.

Yakult took a three-run lead in the first inning on a two-run double by Murakami and a timely hit by Nakamura.

In the fifth inning, 1-3, Nagaoka added two more runs, including a foreball that was pushed out.

Starting pitcher Cy Snade earned his second win by allowing two runs in the middle of the sixth inning.

DeNA's starting pitcher Hamaguchi gave up six runs in the middle of the fifth inning, ending their winning streak at four.

The Giants vs. Hanshin were won by the Giants, 4-1.

○ Wins: Togo pitcher wins 5 games.
- Loss: Yuki Nishi 2 loss.
◎ Home runs: Giants Sho Nakata No. 6, Takuzo Oshiro No. 2.

The Giants took a one-run lead in the first inning on a timely hit by Kajitani.

Okoye's timely two-run double in the seventh inning and Sho Nakata's two-run double in the eighth extended the lead.

Starting pitcher Togo pitched seven scoreless innings with three hits and no runs to earn his second win, ending the Giants' losing streak at five.

Hanshin didn't have a good batting line.

▽ In the Chunichi vs. Hiroshima match, Hiroshima won 2-5.

○ Wins: 6 win by Kuri pitchers.
Savings: Kuribayashi pitcher 4 loss and 7 saves.
- Losses: Yanagi pitcher 1 losses.

Hiroshima opened the scoring with back-to-back timely doubles by McBroom and Nishikawa in the fourth inning, and extended the lead in the ninth on Akiyama's timely two-run double to open the game.

Starting pitcher Kuri pitched eight innings and allowed no runs to earn his first win of the season, while Kuribayashi earned his fourth consecutive save to give the team its fifth straight win.

In Chunichi, starting pitcher Yanagi pitched well, giving up two runs in six innings, but they lost three consecutive games without batting support.