Six interleague games were played in professional baseball. In the Pacific League, the leader Lotte lost and the second-place Orix won, so the difference was 6.2 games....
In the Central League, Hanshin, the leaders, have won nine consecutive games and lost two in a row. Yakult, who finished at the bottom of the table, ended their losing streak with a draw at 0. The Giants have returned to a 1% winning percentage. The No. 1 Orix came back from 0-1 with two outs in the fifth inning to come back.