【Professional Baseball Results】Central League leader Hanshin wins 6 consecutive games

Highlights: Central League leader Hanshin defeated the Giants to extend their winning streak to six. The second-year professional starter, Kirishiki, earned his first professional victory. Orix lost three in a row after Genda, who broke his right pinky finger in the WBC = World Baseball Classic, made his first appearance of the season and hit a timely hit in the sixth inning. The third pitcher who took the mound with one out and second base survived the pinch hit, and in the ninth, Martinez closed it out.

【NHK】In professional baseball, five games were played, and Central League leader Hanshin defeated the Giants to extend their winning streak to six.

Five professional baseball games were played, and Central League leader Hanshin defeated the Giants to extend their winning streak to six.

【Central League】

Hanshin vs. Giants

Hanshin vs. Giants was won 2-1 by Hanshin.

○ Wins: Kirishiki pitcher 1 win.
Savings: Iwasaki pitcher 2 wins and 9 saves.
- Loss: Kohei Suzuki 1 loss.

Trailing by one run in the seventh inning, Hanshin tied the game with a timely hit by Morishita and won the game on a sacrifice fly by Kinami.

The second-year professional starter, Kirishiki, earned his first professional victory with 1 strikeouts and five hits and one run in seven innings.

Hanshin has won six in a row.

The Giants pitched well with Yokokawa pitching six scoreless innings, but they couldn't get away with it.

Hiroshima vs Yakult

Hiroshima and Yakult won 6-4.

○ Wins: Shimauchi pitcher 1 win and 1 loss.
Savings: Yazaki pitcher 3 wins and 4 saves.
- Losses: Takanashi pitcher 3 losses.
◎ Home run: Hiroshima, Tanaka No. 3.

Hiroshima opened the scoring with a timely two-run double by Sakakura in the first inning, a timely double by Akiyama in the second and a three-run triple by Tanaka in the third.

The fourth island pitcher is the first to win in three years.

Hiroshima brought their winning percentage back to 1%.

Yakult's starting pitcher, Takanashi, gave up six runs in three innings, and ended an eight-game losing streak for the first time in four years.

Chunichi vs. DeNA

Chunichi vs DeNA was won by Chunichi 1-0.

○ Win: Ogasawara pitcher 4 wins 2 losses.
Savings: Martinez pitched 1 loss and 12 saves.
- Loss: Gazellman pitcher 3 wins and 2 losses.
◎ Home run: Chunichi Ishikawa Akiya No. 5.

Chunichi saved one run in the fourth inning on Akiya Ishikawa's solo shot in the fifth.

Starting pitcher Ogasawara pitched seven innings with three hits and no runs to earn his fourth win.

In the eighth inning, the third pitcher who took the mound with one out and second base survived the pinch hit, and in the ninth, Martinez closed it out.

DeNA lost three consecutive games with only four hits.

【Pacific League】

Seibu vs Orix

In Seibu vs Orix, Orix won 4-1.

○ Wins: Yamaoka pitcher 1 win.
Savings: Yoshitoshi Hirano 1 loss and 8 saves.
- Loss: Matsumoto pitcher 2 wins and 4 losses.
◎ Home runs: Orix Sugimoto No. 9, Kobayashi No. 3.

Orix scored three runs in the third inning on Sugimoto's solo shot in the ninth and Kobayashi's two-run triple in the third inning, adding one more run in the fifth.

Starting pitcher Yamaoka pitched six innings and gave up one run to earn his first win since last July.

Orix has won four in a row.

Seibu lost three in a row after Genda, who broke his right pinky finger in the WBC = World Baseball Classic, made his first appearance of the season and hit a timely hit in the sixth inning.

Rakuten vs Japan Ham

Rakuten vs. Japan ham was won by Rakuten 4-3.

○ Wins: Pitchers 2 wins and 1 loss.
Savings: Pitcher Yuki Matsui 1 win, 1 loss, 7 saves.
●Loss: Ito pitcher 2 wins and 4 losses.
◎ Home run: Rakuten Asamura No. 8.

Rakuten came back from a 2-3 deficit in the eighth inning on Asamura's two-run eighth.

The fourth pitcher earned his second win, ending the team's losing streak at five.

Japan Ham took a three-run lead in the first inning on a timely hit by rookie Gosho Kato, but couldn't score an extra run, and starting pitcher Ito was hit in the eighth inning.