【Professional Baseball Results】Central League leader Hanshin wins 5 consecutive games

Highlights: Four professional baseball games were played. Central League leader Hanshin won five consecutive games to extend the gap to second place and DeNA to four. The match between Yakult and Hanshin went into 10 innings, with Hanshin winning 7-4. Japan Ham vs SoftBank was won by Japan Ham 5-1. The Giants vs. DeNA were won by the Giants 5-4, and the team has won five in a row. The third pitcher, Chiharu Tanaka, earned his first win, and many pitchers earned his ninth save.

【NHK】Four professional baseball games were played. Central League leader Hanshin won five consecutive games to extend the gap to second place and DeNA to four.

Four professional baseball games were played. Central League leader Hanshin won five consecutive games to extend the gap to second place and DeNA to four.

【Central League】

Yakult vs Hanshin

The match between Yakult and Hanshin went into 10 innings, with Hanshin winning 7-4.

○ Wins: Oikawa pitchers 2 wins and 1 loss.
- Loss: Star pitcher 1 win 1 loss.
◎ Home runs: Hanshin Oyama No. 5, Mieses No. 2, Chikamoto No. 3.
Yakult Murakami No. 8.

Hanshin scored three runs in the 3th inning with two outs on hits by Chikamoto and Noisy, before scoring four runs on Ohyama's push-out foreball and Teruaki Sato's three-run two-base hit.

The team has won five in a row.

With the loss, Yakult has lost seven consecutive matches with a draw in between.

Giants vs. DeNA

The Giants vs. DeNA were won by the Giants 5-4.

○ Wins: Pitcher Chiharu Tanaka 1 win 2 losses.
Saves: Pitchers 1 win and 9 saves.
- Loss: Katsuki Higashi 4 wins 2 losses.
◎ Home run: Giant Takuzo Oshiro No. 7.
DeNA Sekine No. 2, Soto No. 4.

The Giants tied the game at 1-3 in the fifth on Takuzo Oshiro's two-run seventh inning and scored two runs in the sixth on a timely double by Yoshikawa and a timely two-base hit by Sakamoto.

The third pitcher, Chiharu Tanaka, earned his first professional win, and many pitchers earned his ninth save.

DeNA took its second loss in which the starting pitcher gave up five runs in the middle of the fifth inning.

Hiroshima vs. Chunichi

In the match between Hiroshima and Chunichi, Chunichi won 8-2.

○ Wins: Yanagi pitcher 1 win and 4 losses.
- Losses: Corniel pitcher 3 losses.
◎ Home run: Chunichi Kinoshita No. 1 Viciedo No. 1.

Chunichi took a five-run lead in the fifth inning thanks to Kinoshita's solo shot in the first and timely two-base hits by Okabayashi and Akiya Ishikawa, and extended the lead in the seventh on Viciedo's three-run single.

Starting pitcher Yanagi gave up one run in the middle of the sixth inning to earn his first win in his eighth start of the season.

Hiroshima scored two runs while hitting nine.

【Pacific League】

Japan Ham vs. SoftBank

Japan Ham vs SoftBank was won by Japan Ham 5-1.

○ Wins: Pitcher Takayuki Kato 4 wins and 2 losses.
- Losses: Gunkel pitcher 1 loss.
◎ Home runs: Japan Ham Manba No. 8, Martinez No. 6.

Japan-1 Ham won the game in the third inning on Manba's two-run eighth and extended the lead in the fifth on Martinez's two-run sixth.

Starting pitcher Takayuki Kato earned his fourth win by allowing one run in six innings.

Japan Ham's losing streak is stopped at three.

SoftBank's starting pitcher Gunkel collapsed, and the team's winning streak stopped at three.