In professional baseball, interleague games between Central League and Pacific League teams will begin on the 30th. It will be interesting to see how it affects the performance of pennant races in both leagues.
This year's interleague tournament will begin at the home of the Pacific League, with each team playing three games against six teams from different leagues, for a total of 6 games.
On the 3th, Pacific League leader Lotte will face the Giants,
while
Central League leader Hanshin will face Seibu.
In addition, Yakult, who won last season's interleague competition, will face Japan Ham, Rakuten and DeNA, Orix and Hiroshima
,
and SoftBank and Chunichi
.
This year's interleague tournament is scheduled to run until 18 June, and the team with the highest winning percentage among the 30 clubs will win the championship. Also, if the entire schedule is not completed by June 6 of the preliminary period, the ranking will be determined by the winning percentage at that time.
In the past 18 interleague games,
the winning team has won 12 times in the Pacific League and 6 times in the Central League, and the number of wins has increased significantly from 22 times in the Pacific League to 17 times in the Central League,
and the Pacific League continues to dominate.
However, the Central League has won last year and the last two years in a row, so it will be interesting to see which league shows its strength.
In addition, wins and losses during interleague matches against only teams from different leagues can greatly affect the standings of the pennant race in both leagues, and the key point is how each team can accumulate white stars.