Updated July 14, 2018

July 14 Kumamoto Stadium (13670 audience)
The starting pitcher for this game, Tomoya Sugano of the Giants. For the Pacific, Nobuyuki Kishi. Both did not lose a run in 2 innings. In the 6th inning, 43 year old Koji Uehara pitched.He hurled well just the inning. After that the Pacific batted in runs. MVP went to Genda Sosuke who hit in the Pacific's first run to contribute to its 5 to 1 win.

July 13 Kyocera Dome Osaka (33497 audience)
Starting for the Central League, legendary pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. It's the firs time in 12 years he's been picked to play in the game as he was in the MLB and was suffering from injuries in Japan. Lions players clobbered him. Shogo Akiyama homered off him. Tomoya Mori blasted a 3 run home run. The Central League equalized in the 3rd inning on Yoshitomo Tsutsugo's 2 run home run. But the Pacific took the lead again on Despainges run. Pacific won 7 to 6. MVP went to Tomoya Mori.

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	Central League	Pacific League
Pitcher	Daisuke Matsuzaka (Dragons)	Yusei Kikuchi (Lions)
Catcher	Seiji Kobayashi (Giants)	Tomoya Mori (Lions)
First baseman	Kazuma Okamoto (Giants)	Hotaka Yamakawa (Lions)
2nd baseman	Tetsuto Yamada (Swallows)	Eito Asamura (Lions)
3rd baseman	Toshiro Miyazaki (BayStars)	Nobuhiro Matsuda (Hawks)
Shortstop	Hayato Sakamoto (Giants)	Sosuke Genda (Lions)
DH	none	Kensuke Kondo (Fighters)
Outfielder	Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (BayStars) Norichika Aoki (Swallows) Seiya Suzuki (Carp)	Yuki Yanagita (Hawks) Shogo Akiyama (Lions) Seichi Uebayashi (Hawks)

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