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

【Pacific League】

SoftBank vs Lotte

In the SoftBank vs. Lotte match, SoftBank won the bye 12-6 in the 5th inning.

○ Wins: Bando pitcher 1 win.
- Loss: Azuma pitcher 1 loss.
◎ Home run: SoftBank Taisei Makihara No. 1.
Lotte Toshiya Sato No. 3.

SoftBank tied the game 3-5 in the fifth inning on a two-run double by Taisei Makihara, and in the 5th inning, Yanagida hit in front of Wright from third base with one out.

The ninth pitcher earned his first win of the season.

Lotte's starting pitcher, Taneichi, gave up five runs in five innings, and their winning streak with a tie in between was halted at six.

Seibu vs Orix

Seibu vs. Orix was won by Orix 3-0.

○ Wins: Fukuya Yamazaki 2 wins and 2 losses.
Savings: Waguespack pitcher 2 wins, 2 losses, 2 saves.
- Loss: Takahashi pitcher 4 wins and 2 losses.
◎ Home run: Orix Mori No. 6.

Orix took the lead in the first inning on Mori's two-run homer in the sixth and added another run in the ninth on Mori's timely two-base play.

Starting pitcher Fukuya Yamazaki pitched carefully and didn't allow a run on third base, allowing no runs on seven hits in eight innings to earn his second win.

Orix has won five straight games for the first time this season.

Seibu allowed no runs while allowing nine hits to end a four-game losing streak for the first time this season.

Rakuten vs Japan Ham

Rakuten vs. Japan Ham was won by Japan Ham 3-1.

○ Wins: Suzuki pitchers 4 wins and 2 losses.
Savings: Pitcher Masayoshi Tanaka 1 win, 1 loss, 7 saves.
- Loss: Pitcher Yuhi Matsui 1 win 1 loss.
◎ Home run: Rakuten Yukiya Ito No. 2.

Japan Ham opened the scoring with a timely two-run double by Mitsuteru Fukuda in the second inning and added another run in the sixth on a timely double by Nomura.

Starting pitcher Suzuki went five scoreless innings to earn his fourth win in nearly a month.

Rakuten had seven hits that outplayed their opponents, but lacked connection.

【Central League】

Hanshin vs. Giants

Hanshin vs. Giants was won by Hanshin 3-2.

○ Wins: Otake pitcher 6 wins.
Saved: Kajiya pitcher 1 save.
- Losses: Griffin pitcher 4 wins and 2 losses.
◎ Home run: Giant Brinson No. 5.

Trailing 0-0 in the seventh inning, Hanshin broke the balance with a timely double by Chikamoto, and scored an extra run on a timely two-run double by Nakano.

Starting pitcher Otake pitched seven innings, allowing no runs on six hits to earn his league-leading sixth win.

Kajiya earned his first professional save and Hanshin won seven straight games.

The Giants gave up two runs in the ninth inning, but fell short.

Hiroshima vs Yakult

Hiroshima vs Yakult was won by Hiroshima 4-1.

○ Wins: Morishita pitcher 1 win and 1 loss.
- Loss: Peters pitcher 1 win 1 loss.

Hiroshima broke the balance with a timely double by Nishikawa in the seventh inning to make it 0-0, and scored three runs in the eighth on a timely two-base hit by Kikuchi and a timely two-base double by pinch hitter Sakakura.

Starting pitcher Morishita pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out nine to earn his first win of the season.

Yakult starting pitcher Peters pitched well, giving up one run in seven innings, but there was no support from the batting lineup.

Yakult lost nine consecutive games with a draw in between.

Chunichi vs. DeNA

In the Chunichi vs. DeNA match, Chunichi won the bye 3-2.

○ Wins: Martinez pitcher 1 win, 1 loss, 12 saves.
- Loss: Mishima pitcher 3 wins and 1 loss.
◎ Home runs: Chunichi Hosokawa No. 4, No. 5.

Chunichi tied the game at 1-2 in the sixth inning with Hosokawa's second solo home run of the game, and in the ninth inning, Muramatsu's infield hit from second base with two outs sent the runner home to tie the game.

Starting in the sixth inning, relievers kept the game scoreless and the sixth pitcher Martinez earned his first win of the season.

Chunichi have won three in a row.

DeNA's starting pitcher, Bauer, gave up two runs in six innings, but the batters couldn't score any more runs and ended a four-game losing streak.