
日本ハムは楽天戦で古謝から5得点を挙げ、レイエスがシーズン30号2ラン本塁打を放つなど打線が爆発。連勝を6に伸ばし、2位西武とのゲーム差を1に縮めた。新庄監督は「いい投手からよく打てた」と振り返りつつ、上位進出のためには勝てる試合を継続する必要があると慎重に語った。
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日本ハムはこれまで楽天の古謝に対して3試合で防御率1.96と抑えられており、苦手意識があった。
日本ハム打線が難敵を攻略した。楽天の古謝から5得点。今季は試合前まで3度の対戦で防御率1.96と抑えられていただけに、新庄監督は「きょうで(古謝は)10敗目? そんな投手に見えない。いい投手からよく打てたな、という試合だった」と振り返った。
一回2死から、よくつながった。四球と安打で好機をつくり、野村が先制打。さらに盗塁を決めて二、三塁とした後は水野が2点適時打を放った。「初回からいい流れになったと思う」と水野。一挙3点で苦手意識を払拭した。
1点リードで迎えた五回はレイエスが30号2ラン。32本で本塁打王に輝いた昨季に続いて大台に到達し、「それだけチームに貢献できていると思うので、特別な数字。昨年の本数を上回ることを目標にしている。ここからまた積み上げていきたい」と力を込めた。
1分けを挟んだ連勝を6に伸ばし、2位西武とは1ゲーム差に迫った。シーズン終盤で勢いを強めているが、新庄監督は「終わってみたら勝てたという試合を続けていかないと、上には行けない」と慎重に語った。

Kazuyuki Takemaru, the Yomiuri Giants' No. 1 draft pick, left-handed pitcher in his first professional pitch in his hometown of Hiroshima, contributed to the team's 3-1 victory with 6 scoreless innings, 2 hits allowed, and 10 strikeouts. The 24-year-old left-hander from Hiroshima won his ninth win on the mound at Mazda Stadium, watched by his parents and friends.

Russian figure skater Alexandra Ignatova (née Trusova) came to Japan with her 1-year-old son to compete in the Kinoshita Group Cup, which is being held at the Tanaka Kikinzoku Ice Arena in Koto-ku, Tokyo. He successfully completed a quadruple Lutz in official practice and announced that he has returned to international competition for the first time in four years as a silver medalist at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and as a neutral athlete of the International Skating Union (ISU).

At the Figure Skating Challenger Series Kinoshita Group Cup, which began at the Tanaka Kikinzoku Ice Arena in Tokyo, Ami Nakai, a bronze medalist at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, took first place in the women's short program with a personal best of 80.27 points, and in the men's SP, senior debutant Roshi Nakata came in first with a score of 96.48.

Hanshin's Teruaki Sato scored 4 RBIs with a leadoff hit and 2 home runs, reducing the team's winning streak to 18. Achieved 500 RBIs in his professional career, leading the league with a batting average of .324 and 91 RBIs. He matched Morishita in terms of home runs, widened his lead in three consecutive games, and showed his acceleration toward winning the Triple Crown.

Defender Yuki Seno, who returned after giving birth, has been additionally called up to the Japan Women's Asian Games Soccer National Team, the first time this has happened in Japan in about 20 years. Director Kano hopes to standardize such cases.

Yakult player Masanori Ishikawa (46) announced his retirement at the end of this season. Officials from his hometown of Akita City expressed their gratitude, and Nao Ota (47), manager of his alma mater's Akita Commercial Baseball Team, expressed his gratitude and shock, saying of Ishikawa, who was a member of the Battery team in high school, ``His hard work was my motivation.''