Six professional baseball games were played. In the Central League, DeNA retained its top spot with its first five-game winning streak of the season. In the Pacific League, Lotte pitcher Aki Sasaki set a mark of 6 km, matching the fastest Japan player in professional baseball.

DeNA 1-0 Defended Chunichi Maki's first run with four consecutive pitches

Win Imanaga 2 wins
S Ise pitcher 1 win 1 save
Ogasawara pitcher 2-1 DeNA

scored one run in the fourth inning on Maki's timely two-base hit, and the four pitchers defended the score. Starting pitcher Konaga allowed only four hits through the seventh inning and struck out 4 in each inning, earning his second win. Ise pitched the ninth inning and earned his first save of the season, giving DeNA a five-game winning streak.

Chunichi's starting pitcher, Ogasawara, pitched well, giving up one run in eight innings, but the batting line could not be supported.

Hanshin 4-0 Yakult starter Otake wins third game without allowing a run in five innings

Win Otake 3 wins
Takahashi pitcher 2-2 Hanshin

took a three-run lead in the first inning on Inoue's timely two-run double and Sakamoto's timely lead, and Ohyama's timely lead in the sixth inning. Starting pitcher Otake earned his third win with five hits, three scoreless innings.

Yakult has lost six consecutive games without a batting line.

Giants 5-4 Hiroshima Sakamoto had 2 hits and 3 RBI, including 4 HRs.

Win Yokogawa 2-2
S Lots of pitchers 3 saves
Endo 1-3
(home run)
Giants Sakamoto No. 2
Hiroshima Davidson No. 3

The Giants rallied 5-0 in the fourth inning on Sakamoto's three-run homer. Pinch hitter Maru's timely hit in the sixth inning and Sakamoto's second home run of the game in the eighth extended the lead. Yokokawa, the second pitcher in relief from the fourth inning, pitched three scoreless innings to earn his second win.

Hiroshima had a chance to tie the game at one run in the ninth inning with one out, but Akiyama at third and McBroom at No. 2 fell for consecutive strikeouts.

Central League standings (after the game on 28th)

Lotte 4-3 Orix (10 innings) Lotte remains sole in first place

Katsu Sawamura 2 wins, 2 saves, S Masuda 8 saves

, Kondo 1 loss

Lotte won the game 3-3 in the 10th inning on a sacrifice fly by Yamaguchi. Starting pitcher Aki Sasaki allowed three runs, including his first run of the season, but threw seven innings and struck out eight. In this game, Sasaki set a new personal fastest time of 3 kilometers in a professional baseball game, matching the Japan fastest time set by Shohei Ohtani during his Japan-ham days. Lotte won the game, and Sawamura, the third pitcher, earned his second win.

Orix had the seventh pitcher Kondo crumble.

SoftBank 6-3 Japan (10th inning) Yanagida's three-run HR scored the winning run

Win Tsumori pitcher 3 wins
S Osuna pitcher 6 saves
Ikeda pitcher 1 loss
(home run)
SoftBank Yanagida No. 2 Japan Ham Manba No
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4 SoftBank took a 3-3 lead in the 10th inning on Yanagida's two-run double from first base with one out. The third pitcher, Tsumori, earned his third win, and SoftBank won three in a row.

Japan Ham, Ikeda's fourth pitcher hit the final home run.

Seibu 4-0 Rakuten starter Imai earned his third win with seven walks and no runs in six innings.

Win Imai pitcher 3 games
Masahiro Tanaka 2 wins 2 losses
(home run)
Seibu Nakamura No. 5 McKinnon No. 3

Seibu opened the scoring in the first inning on Nakamura's two-run homer. In the eighth inning, McKinnon's two-run double extended the lead. Starting pitcher Imai didn't allow a hit until the sixth inning and threw seven foreballs, but he survived the scoreless inning to win his first three games in a row.

Rakuten's starting pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka, gave up two runs in seven innings, but he was able to get only one hit and lost three in a row.

Pacific League standings (after the game on the 28th)