Updated July 18, 2021
July 17 Rakuten Life Park Miyagi (14852 audience)
The Tigers rookie Teruaki Sato homered.
The Buffaloes Yutaro Sugimoto homered.
Golden Eagles Hiroaki Shimauchi hit in 2 runs.
He had another RBI.
With this the Pacific side won 4 to 3.
Hiroaki Shimauchi was awarded MVP.
July 16 Met Life Dome ( 8992 audience)
It's the first time in 2 years All Star Games are held.
Starting for the Pacific League Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Buffaloes.
He pitched perfect 2 innings.
Meanwhile Hotaka Yamakawa of the Lions hit in the first run.
Brian Laird of the Marines homered.
But for the Central League, Ryosuke Kikuchi of the Capr slammed a 2 run home run to take the lead.
The Pacific side equalized. In the end, Central League won on a walk.
MVP went to Ryosuke Kikuchi.
Fans' top picks
| Central League | Pacific League | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | Masato Morishita (Carp) | Hiroya Miyagi (Buffaloes) | |
| Catcher | Ryutaro Umeno (Tigers) | Tomoya Mori (Lions) | |
| First baseman | Jefry Marte (Tigers) | Hotaka Yamakawa (Lions) | |
| 2nd baseman | Tetsuto Yamada (Swallows) | Eito Asamura (Eagles) | |
| 3rd baseman | Munetaka Murakami (Swallows) | Takeya Nakamura (Lions) | |
| Shortstop | Takumu Nakano (Tigers) | Sosuke Genda (Lions) | |
| DH | none | Brian Laird (Marines) | |
| Outfielder | Teruaki Sato (Tigers) Koji Chikamoto (Tigers) Seiya Suzuki (Carp) | Masataka Yoshida (Buffaloes) Yuki Yanagita (Hawks) Leonys Martin (Marines) |
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