In professional baseball, one game was canceled due to rain, and five games were played, and Hanshin, the leader of the Central League, won the head-to-head match with second-place Hiroshima to reduce the magic number to "1" by two.
Central League.
In Hanshin vs Hiroshima, Hanshin won 4-1.
▼ Winning, Murakami pitcher 10 wins and 5 losses.
▼ Save, Iwasaki pitcher 3 wins, 2 losses and 30 saves.
▼ Loss, Tokoda pitcher 10 wins and 6 losses.
▼ Home run, Hanshin Morishita No. 10, Sato Teruaki No. 18.
Hanshin opened the scoring in the first inning with a solo home run by rookie Morishita, the No. 1 draft pick, followed by a solo home run by Teruaki Sato in the second and a timely hit by Kinami in the fifth.
Starting pitcher Murakami pitched a good eighth inning, giving up one run and reaching double-digit wins for the first time in his third year as a professional. Pitcher Iwasaki earned his 1th save.
Hanshin won six in a row and reduced their magic number to win by two to 2.
Hiroshima's starting pitcher, Tokoda, gave up three runs in five innings and lost his third straight game, dropping the first game of a three-game head-to-head series.
DeNA and Yakult went into 5 innings, and DeNA won the bye 8-1.
▼ Winning, Kamichatani pitcher 3 wins and 30 losses.
▼ Loss, Sakaguchi pitcher 6 losses.
▼ Home run, DeNA Chino No. 2.
DeNA scored the game in the 10th inning with one out on Yamato's timely groundout. The fifth pitcher Kamichatani earned his fourth win.
Yakult tied the game in the eighth inning on Miyamoto's sacrifice fly, but failed to capitalize on their chances in the ninth and tenth innings.
The Giants and Chunichi drew 5-3 in 3 innings.
The Giants' starting pitcher Togo threw 3 pitches in 10 innings, allowing three hits and 2 strikeouts, but he couldn't get another run on the bat and missed the chance to win the bye he created in the 1th and 4th innings.
Chunichi's starting pitcher, the No. 3 draft rookie, pitched seven innings, his longest of the season, with three hits and six strikeouts, but he also lacked the support of the batting lineup.
The Pacific League.
SoftBank vs. Rakuten was won by Rakuten 2-2.
▼ Winning, Kishi pitcher 1 wins 1 losses.
▼ Save, pitcher Yuki Matsui 10 win, 5 losses, 4 saves.
▼ Loss, Ishikawa pitcher 8 wins and 9 losses.
▼ Home run, SoftBank Shuto No. 10.
Rakuten extended their lead with a one-run lead in the fifth inning with timely grounds by Kogo and Kotani, and timely two-base hits by Kofukada.
Starting pitcher Kishi gave up six runs in the middle of the sixth inning to earn his sixth win, while Rakuten won three in a row.
SoftBank hit his first bases-loaded home run in the sixth inning, but it fell short.
Japan Ham vs. Seibu was won by Seibu 12-0.
▼ Win, Taira pitcher 0 wins and 10 losses.
▼ Loss, Uezawa pitcher 140 wins and 3 losses.
▼ Home run, Seibu Sotozaki No. 11.
Seibu opened the scoring in the sixth inning with a solo home run by Sozaki, and added five runs in the seventh on three consecutive timely hits by Tatsuyo Sato, Peyton, and Tsuge.
Starting pitcher Taira pitched seven innings, allowing no runs on three hits to earn his first 10th win.
Seibu has won three in a row.
Japan Ham have lost three in a row with their batting line silent.
The match between Lotte and Orix was cancelled due to rain.