Japanese baseball results

Results of Japanese baseball games played on Thursday.

Pacific League

Rakuten 8, Softbank 7 Nippon Ham 9, Lotte 2 Orix 2, Seibu 1

Standings

W L T Pct. GB Softbank 77 58 6 .570 - Orix 76 58 2 .567 0.5 Nippon Ham 67 66 3 .504 9.0 Rakuten 62 72 0 .463 14.5 Lotte 63 76 2 .453 16.0 Seibu 59 73 4 .447 16.5

Central League

Chunichi 5, Yomiuri 4 Hiroshima 9, Yakult 1 DeNA 5, Hanshin 4

Standings

W L T Pct. GB Yomiuri 78 57 1 .578 - Hiroshima 72 63 2 .533 6.0 Hanshin 71 67 1 .514 8.5 DeNA 62 69 2 .473 14.0 Chunichi 64 73 4 .467 15.0 Yakult 57 76 3 .429 20.0

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