In professional baseball, six interleague games were played, and three teams, SoftBank, DeNA, and Hiroshima, won and tied for the top spot in the interleague competition.

Lotte vs Hiroshima

In the match between Lotte and Hiroshima, Hiroshima won 3-2.

○ Wins: Tokoda pitchers 5 wins and 1 loss.
Savings: Yazaki pitcher 3 wins and 8 saves.
●Losses: Nishino pitcher 6 wins and 2 losses.

Hiroshima took a two-run lead in the third inning with back-to-back timely hits by Nishikawa and Akiyama with two outs.

Nishikawa hit his second timely hit of the game in the seventh inning of a 3-2 game.

The starting pitcher pitched well and threw well and allowed four hits and one run in eight innings to earn his fifth win.

Hiroshima has won four consecutive matches.

Lotte's starting pitcher, Nishino, pitched until the middle of the seventh inning, allowing nine hits and three runs, and the batting line came close to one run in the ninth inning, but it was not enough.

Orix vs DeNA

Orix vs. DeNA was won by DeNA 4-2.

○ Wins: Bauer pitched 3-2.
Saves: Yamazaki pitcher 3 losses and 15 saves.
- Loss: Yamashita pitcher 5 wins and 1 loss.
◎ Home run: Orix Tonmiya No. 2.

DeNA rallied from a 1-2 sixth inning with three runs scored on Maki's timely error.

Starting pitcher Bauer tossed seven innings, allowing five hits and striking out nine to earn his third win.

Yamazaki earned his 6th save.

Orix starting pitcher Yamashita gave up four runs in six innings in his first professional loss, and the team has lost three in a row.

SoftBank vs. Giants

SoftBank vs. Giants was won by SoftBank 5-1.

○ Wins: Wada pitchers 5 wins and 1 loss.
- Loss: Yokokawa pitcher 3 wins and 4 losses.
◎ Home runs: SoftBank Kai No. 4, Kondo No. 7.
Giant Kazuma Okamoto No. 14.

SoftBank took the lead in the second inning on Kai's three-run homer, and in the seventh inning, Kondo's two-game home run scored an extra run.

In the eighth inning, Kai's timely hit extended the lead.

Starting pitcher Wada had a lot of fastball and gave up four hits and one run in the middle of the sixth inning to earn his fifth win.

The Giants took their fourth loss when starting pitcher Yokokawa gave up three runs in the middle of the fifth inning.

The batting was also limited to one run due to a home run by Kazuma Okamoto.

Japan Ham vs Hanshin

Japan Ham vs Hanshin was won by Japan Ham 4-0.

○ Wins: Suzuki pitchers 6 wins and 2 losses.
- Loss: Tomita pitcher 1 win 1 loss.
◎ Home run: Japan ham Egoshi No. 4.

Japan Ham took the lead in the second inning with a timely two-run hit by Fushimi.

Martinez's timely two-base hit in the third inning and Egoe's solo home run in the fourth extended the lead.

Starting pitcher Suzuki pitched six scoreless innings with four hits and no runs to earn his league-leading sixth win, ending Japan Ham's losing streak at three.

Hanshin had seven hits but couldn't connect and lost their fifth shutout of the season.

Seibu vs Yakult

Seibu vs Yakult was won by Seibu 2-1.

○ Wins: Sumida pitcher 2 wins and 5 losses.
Savings: Masuda pitched 2-1, 9 saves.
- Losses: Peters pitcher 2 wins and 2 losses.
◎ Home run: Seibu Hasegawa No. 3.

Seibu tied the game 0-1 in the second inning on Hasegawa's solo shot in the third, and Genda's timely groundout gave them the win.

Starting pitcher Sumida pitched five innings and earned his second win with five hits, seven strikeouts and one run.

Yakult's starting pitcher, Peters, pitched well, giving up two runs in the middle of the seventh inning, but No. 2 Murakami and No. 3 Santana ended up with no-hitters, ending a three-game losing streak.

Rakuten vs. Chunichi

Rakuten vs. Chunichi was won by Rakuten 5-4.

○ Wins: Shota Watanabe pitcher wins 1.
Savings: Pitcher Yuki Matsui 1 win, 1 loss, 10 saves.
● Loss: Ogasawara pitcher 4 wins and 3 losses.

Rakuten took a 3-3 lead in the sixth inning on Ota's squeeze and added one run in the seventh on Okajima's timely two-base double.

The second draft pick, No. 6 rookie pitcher Shota Watanabe, earned his first professional win.

Pitcher Yuki Matsui earned his 7th save in double digits for the third consecutive year.

Chunichi's starting pitcher, Ogasawara, gave up 2 hits and five runs in the middle of the seventh inning.