Six professional baseball games were played, and Chunichi's 37-year-old pitcher, Hideaki Wakui, pitched well, pitching no runs in the seventh inning, and won for the first time this season, marking his 20th consecutive winning streak since he was a rookie.

《Central League》

Hiroshima x Chunichi

In Hiroshima vs. Chunichi, Chunichi won 4-0.



○ Wins: 1 win for pitcher Wakui.


●Losses: 1 loss to pitcher Hatch.


◎Home run: Chunichi/Hosokawa No. 3.



Chunichi took the lead in the 3rd inning with Nakata's sacrifice fly, Hosokawa's No. 3 two-run hit in the 5th inning, and Tanaka's timely hit in the 6th inning to score additional points.



Starting pitcher Wakui pitched 6 and 1/3 scoreless innings and earned his first win of the season.



This is his 20th consecutive win since his rookie season in 2005, and his 160th win in total.



The second pitcher, Saito, showed great relief in a pinch in the 7th inning, and Chunichi has won for the second time in a row.



Hiroshima's new pitcher, Hatch, pitching for the first time in Japan, was the losing pitcher, giving up 3 runs in 5 innings, and the batting lineup failed to score any points despite giving up 10 hits, resulting in two consecutive shutout losses.

Giant x DeNA

In the match between the Giants and DeNA, DeNA won 6-4.



○ Wins: Pitcher Kamichatani 2 wins.


▽Save: Pitcher Morihara made 2 saves.


●Losses: 1 loss by pitcher Inoue.



DeNA, facing a 2-3 tie, caught up with Sano's timely hit in the 5th inning, and Miyazaki and Sekine's two consecutive walk balls put them ahead by two points.



Furthermore, in the 7th inning, Miyazaki's timely two bases extended the lead.



Miyazaki had 4 RBIs in this game.



Kamichatani, the second pitcher to pitch from the 5th inning, pitched 3 no-hit innings and earned his second win.



DeNA has won three straight.



The Giants had nine hits, more than DeNA, but they conceded a goal due to an error.

Yakult x Hanshin

Yakult vs. Hanshin, Hanshin won 4-3.



○ Wins: Pitcher Otake 1 win, 1 loss.


▽Save: Pitcher Iwasaki 1 win, 2 saves.


●Loss: 1 loss by pitcher Yoshimura.


◎Home run: Hanshin player Chikamoto No. 2, Teruaki Sato player No. 2.



In the 4th inning, trailing by 2 points, Hanshin tied the score with Chikamoto's solo home run and Oyama's RBI, and in the 7th inning, Sato Teruaki, who hit the winning home run in the previous day's game, hit a two-run home run to take the lead by 2 points. .



Starting pitcher Otake pitched carefully and allowed only two runs in the 6th inning, earning his first win of the season.



Hanshin returned to .50% with their first consecutive wins of the season.



Yakult's starting pitcher, Yoshimura, has collapsed, and they have lost four straight.

"Pacific League"

Nippon Ham x Seibu

Nippon-Ham vs. Seibu, Seibu won 5-2.



○ Wins: Pitcher Sumida 2 wins.


▽Save: Pitcher Abreu made 4 saves.


●Losses: Pitcher Takayuki Kato 2 losses.


◎Home run: Seibu player Tatsuyo Sato No. 1, Kishi player No. 1.



Seibu took the lead with 4 points in the 4th inning with Tatsuyo Sato's three-run run followed by Kishi's solo home run, and added 1 point with Kodama's timely hit in the 9th inning.



Starting pitcher Sumida pitched well with good control, allowing 4 hits and no runs in the 7th inning, and has won his second straight game.



Nippon-Ham's starting pitcher, Takayuki Kato, gave up 4 runs in the 4th inning, and was unable to counterattack in the 9th inning.

Lotte x Oryx

Lotte vs. Orix, Orix won 9-1.



○ Wins: Pitcher Espinoza has 2 wins.


●Losses: Pitcher Taneichi, 1 win, 1 loss.



Orix took a three-point lead in the first inning with Nakagawa's two-point timely two base and Mori's timely hit.



Kubayashi's timely hit in the 4th inning and Cedeño's timely two-base hit in the 5th inning widened the lead, resulting in a comfortable victory with 14 hits.



Starting pitcher Espinoza pitched well in the 7th inning, allowing 5 hits and 1 run, and has won his first two games in a row.



Lotte's starting pitcher, Taneichi, made a miscalculation, allowing 5 runs in 5 innings.

Rakuten x Softbank

Rakuten vs. Softbank, Softbank won 5-4.



○ Wins: 1 win for pitcher Fujii.


▽Save: Pitcher Osuna made 4 saves.


●Losses: 1 loss to pitcher Turley.


◎Home run: Softbank Yanagida player No. 1.



Softbank made a comeback in the 8th inning, tied 1-2, with Yanagida's two-run home run, and in the 9th inning, Kawamura's first hit as a professional, a timely hit, and pinch hitter Akira Nakamura's timely hit added two points.



The second pitcher, Fujii, got his first win of the season, making Softbank's third consecutive win.



Rakuten's starting pitcher, Shoji, pitched hard, allowing one run in the seventh inning, but the relievers collapsed and they lost three straight.