In professional baseball, six interleague games were played, and Orix, the leader of the Pacific League, lost to the Giants. Giants starter Togo earned his league-leading seventh win.
Oryx vs. Giants
Orix vs. Giants was won by the Giants 10-0.
○ Wins: Togo pitchers 7 wins and 1 loss.
- Loss: Soya pitcher 1 loss.
◎ Home runs: Giant Walker No. 5, Takuzo Oshiro No. 8.
The Giants took a one-run lead in the first inning thanks to an error by an opponent, and Walker went 1-for-1 with three RBIs, including a timely hit in the fourth and a solo shot in the sixth.
Starting pitcher Togo pitched seven scoreless innings to earn his league-leading seventh win.
Orix pitcher Soya, the No. 4 draft pick, gave up two runs in the middle of the fifth inning.
Oryx's winning streak stopped at 6.
Lotte vs Yakult
In the match between Lotte and Yakult, Lotte won 6-0.
○ Wins: Mercedes pitcher 2 wins, 3 losses, 1 save.
- Loss: Takahashi pitcher 2 wins and 3 losses.
◎ Home run: Lotte Yamaguchi No. 4.
Lotte opened the scoring in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Tamura, followed by a two-run double by Ikeda in the fifth and a three-run fourth by Yamaguchi in the seventh.
The starting Mercedes pitcher pitched seven innings of two hits and no runs to earn his second win, and Lotte ended a five-game losing streak with one draw in between.
Yakult was not energetic in pitching and their winning streak stopped at four.
SoftBank vs. DeNA
SoftBank won the match between DeNA and SoftBank 4-0.
○ Wins: Higashihama pitcher 4 wins and 5 losses.
Savings: Moinello pitched 2 wins and 3 saves.
- Loss: Ishida pitcher 2 wins and 3 losses.
◎ Home run: SoftBank Kai player No. 3.
SoftBank opened the scoring in the third inning on Kondo's timely two-base hit, scored two runs in the sixth on an error and added another run in the seventh on Kai's solo shot in the third.
The starting pitcher pitched seven innings of hits, two scoreless runs, earning his fourth win in nearly a month.
SoftBank has won three in a row.
DeNA suffered a shutout loss with five hits, ending a three-game losing streak.
Japan Ham vs Hiroshima
Japan Ham vs Hiroshima was won 1-0 by Hiroshima.
○ Wins: Kuri pitchers 5 wins and 2 losses.
Savings: Yazaki pitcher 3 wins and 7 saves.
- Loss: Pitcher Takayuki Kato 4 wins 4 losses.
◎ Home run: Hiroshima-Sakakura No. 5.
Hiroshima opened the scoring in the fifth inning on Sakakura's solo shot in the fifth, and escaped with a scoreless relay by three pitchers.
Starting pitcher Kuri allowed just two hits in seven innings to earn his team-leading fifth win.
Japan Ham was unable to support pitcher Takayuki Kato, who gave up one run in eight innings in five days.
Seibu vs. Chunichi
In the match between Seibu and Chunichi, Seibu won the bye 2-1.
○ Wins: Masuda pitcher 2 wins, 1 loss, 8 saves.
- Losses: Sobue pitcher 2 wins and 3 losses.
◎ Home run: Seibu Hasegawa No. 2.
Seibu took a 1-1 lead in the ninth inning with Hasegawa's solo home run in the second inning.
The sixth pitcher Masuda earned his second win.
Chunichi started pitcher Wakui pitched well, giving up one run in the eighth inning, and in the ninth inning, pinch hitter Muramatsu's sacrifice fly tied the game, but in the end, the second pitcher, Sobue, was hit.
Rakuten vs Hanshin
Rakuten vs. Hanshin was won by Hanshin 11-3.
○ Wins: Yuki Nishi 3 wins and 4 losses.
- Losses: Masahiro Tanaka 3 wins and 4 losses.
◎ Home run: Hanshin Mieses No. 4.
Rakuten Yasuda No. 3, Tatsumi Ryosuke No. 4.
Hanshin scored three runs in the third inning on Teruaki Sato's timely bases-loaded grounder to clear the bases-loaded runners.
They added two runs in the fifth inning thanks to Umeno's timely hit, and scored five runs in the ninth.
Starting pitcher Yuki Nishi gave up two runs in the middle of the sixth inning to earn his third win.
Rakuten suffered its fourth loss when pitcher Masahiro Tanaka gave up five runs in five innings.