Six professional baseball games were played. In the Central League, Hanshin won and tied with Yakult for the top spot. In the Pacific League, Seibu and Lotte are tied for the top spot.

Yakult vs. Giants

The Giants won 4-2.

○ Wins: Griffin pitchers 3 wins and 1 loss
, saves: Lots of pitchers, 2 saves
● Loss: Ogawa pitchers 1 win, 2 losses

The Giants tied the game 0-1 in the second inning on a timely two-base double by Akihiro and scored two runs on Takuzo Oshiro in the fourth inning. In the sixth inning, Okoye scored an extra run on a timely two-base hit. Starting pitcher Griffin pitched six innings and gave up one run to earn his third win, and the Giants escaped from last place.

Yakult's winning streak stopped at 2.

Hiroshima vs DeNA

Hiroshima won 3-0.

○ Wins: Tokoda pitcher 2
wins saves: Kuribayashi pitcher 2 losses, 7 saves
● Loss: Onuki pitcher 1 loss
◎ Home run: Hiroshima Nishikawa No.

2 Hiroshima took the lead in the fourth inning when McBroom's hit led to an error by the opponent, and then added another run on a two-run double by Nishikawa. Starting pitcher Tokoda pitched seven scoreless innings to earn his second win, while Kuribayashi earned his seventh save.

DeNA was lackluster in batting.

Chunichi vs Hanshin

Hanshin won 2-0.

○ Win: Murakami 1 win ● Loss: Takahashi Hiroto 1 win
2 Hanshin

scored two runs in the sixth inning, including a timely base by Chikamoto. Starting pitcher Murakami threw a two-hit shutout with no walks in both ball power and control, earning his first professional win.

Chunichi starting pitcher Hiroto Takahashi pitched well, giving up two runs in six innings, and the relievers persevered, but Fukunaga only allowed two hits and couldn't even step on second base.

ORIX vs Seibu

Seibu won 4-2.

○ Wins: Takahashi pitchers 3 wins
● Losses: Yamamoto pitchers 1 win 2
◎ Home runs: Orix Sugimoto No.

6 Seibu rallied from a 1-2 deficit in the eighth inning thanks to timely groundouts by McKinnon and Kodama, and added one run in the ninth on a timely two-base double by Nakamura. Starting pitcher Takahashi pitched nine innings, allowing five hits and two runs, earning his third win in a complete game for the first time in three seasons.

Orix starter Yamamoto tossed until the middle of the eighth inning, allowing 8 hits and giving up three runs to take his second loss, ending Orix's winning streak at three.

Lotte vs SoftBank

Lotte won 6-0.

○ Wins: Nishino 3 wins
● Losses: Fujii 2-1 Lotte

scored three runs in the fifth inning thanks to a timely hit by Hirasawa, and added three more runs in the seventh on a timely hit by Tomosugi and a timely two-base hit by Yasuda. Starting pitcher Nishino pitched seven scoreless innings to earn his third straight win.

SoftBank lost its fourth straight game and fell to third place after starting pitcher Fujii was persistent and allowed only five hits.

Rakuten vs Japan Ham

Japan Ham won 5-3.

○ Win: Uezawa pitcher 2 wins 1 loss save: Miyanishi pitcher 1
save
● Loss: Shoji pitcher 1 loss
◎ Home run: Rakuten Yamazaki No. 1, Okajima No.

1 Japan Ham added more runs in the seventh and eighth innings after Nomura's timely two-run two-base double and Martinez's timely three-run double in the sixth inning. Starting pitcher Uezawa pitched until the middle of the eighth inning and gave up three runs to earn his second win, giving Miyanishi his first save of the season.

Rakuten was started by rookie pitcher Shoji, who was making his first professional appearance, and gave up three runs in the middle of the sixth inning.

Giants number 55 Akihiro: "I'm ready"

Yuto Akihiro, a 3-year-old third-year Giants player, made his first professional start in the seventh and caught Yakult pitcher Yasuhiro Ogawa's fastball in his first at-bat to tie the game at right for his first professional hit and first RBI.

The promising youngster, who took over the jersey number "20" worn by Hideki Matsui, said, "I was nervous before the match because it was my first start. When I looked at the bench, I saw that the seniors were happy, so I was happy."

After being promoted to the first team on the 7th, he tried not to watch the game casually, such as checking the pitchers' pitching from the bench, even though he did not play, and said, "I was well prepared, and last year I was disappointed because I was not registered in the first team, so I was trying to show what I had done."

On top of that, he vowed to make a leap forward, saying, "I think I will be required to hit long balls, but I would like to become a batter who can leave a batting average, and I would like to make the most of the few opportunities I have to appeal to them."