May
The Swallows won on May 9 on Jose Osuna's home run against the Giants.
It lost the next game but won the 3rd game on Eigoro Mogi's 2 run home run.
The BayStars beat the Carp on Takuma Hayashi's walk over hit on May 9.The BayStars lost the next game but won the 3rd game.
The Tigers had a shut out win against the Dragon on May 10 and 11.
The Tigers clobbered the Giants in the first 2 games from May 5, lost the 3rd. The BayStars beat the Dragons in the first 2 games, lost the 3rd. The Carp beat the Swallows in 2 games.
From May 2 the Tigers faced the Swallows, won the first game on Shoki Murakami's shut out win, won the next day too, but lost the 3rd game. The Carp won 2 of 3 games against the Dragons. The BayStars Trevor Bauer pitched a shut out game against and Giants and won on May 3 while the Giants won the next game.
On May 1, the Giants managed to win against the Carp even tho starter Masahiro Tanaka did not last 3 innings. The Dragons beat the Tigers. The BayStars won against the Swallows on Shugo Maki's 3 run homer.
April
The Giants won on Kai's sacrifice hit against the Carp on Apr 29. The next day, 26 year old started Iyori Yamazaki won his 4th game by extending his scoreless inning streak to 35.
The Dragons from Apr 29 beat the Tigers in 2 games.
The Swallowas and the BayStars won a game each.
The Tigers welcomed the Giants on home ground from Apr 25, won the first on Teruaki Sato's 3 run homer. The next day, Oyama hit in a game to take the lead and won. The Giants won the 3rd game. The Swallows won 2 of 3 games from Apr 25. The BayStars not only ended its losing streak at 5 in the game against the Carp. It won all 3 games, with Trevor Bauer pitching well on Apr 27.
The Giants in good shape beat the Dragons from Apr 22 in 2 games with contibutions by Kazuma Okamoto. The Tigers played 3 games against the BayStars from Apr 22 and won all. The Carp won the game on Apr 23 against the Swallows.
On Apr 18, the Giants Kazuma Okamoto slammed a 2 run home run and beat the Swallows. The Swaloows won the next game. The Carp shuts out the TIgers on Apr 19 but lost the next game to Teruaki Sato's 3 run homer. The Dragons beat the BayStars in 2 games.
Last season's top teams faced eachother again from Apr 15. The Giants rookie pitcher Haruto Inoue pitched and won a shut out game against the BayStars to start with. The Giants won another shut out game the next day. But in the 3rd, former Yankees Masahiro Tanaka could not last 2 inning and lost. The Carp won 2 games against the Dragons. The Tigers Teruaki Sato hit in runs to contribute to win of 2 games agasint the Swallows.
From Apr 11, the Carp beat the Giants in all 3 games. The Tigers and the Dragons won a game each.
Last year's Japan champion and league champion faced eachother from Apr 8. The first game was a tie. The next game the Giants won on Kazuma Yamamoto's home run. The 3rd game was rained out. The Swallows won 2 games from the Tigers and the 3rd game was rained out. The Carp and the Dragons tied in the first and won a game each.
From Apr 4 the Giants faced the Tigers.The Tigers won all 3 games. The Swallows took on the Dragons.They won a game each and also tied in a game. The Carp played against the BayStars and clinched all 3 wins.
The BayStars faced the Tigers from Apr 1 and won 2, tied in one. The Giants played against the Dragons, lost the first, won the next 2. The highlight was, on Apr 3, Masahiro Tanaka who was forced out of the Golden Eagles, won his first game since Aug 2023, hurling 5 innings, giving up 1 run. The Swallows faced the Carp from Apr 2, winning on a walk over run by Kazuya Maruyama in the first, and shutting out the Carp in the next game.
League standing as of April 30, 2025
1.Yomiuri Giants
2.Hanshin Tigers
3.Hiroshima Toyo Carp
4.Chunichi Dragons
5.Yokohama Dena BayStars
6.Yakult Swallows
March
The league opened on March 28.
Last year's league champion, the Giants faced the Swallows in a competitive game, it caught up then in the 10th inning, clinched the game on Gakuto Wakabayashi's RBI.
The Giants had a shut out victory in the next 2 games.
Last Japan champion was Yokohama BayStars defeated the Dragons in the opening game, lost the next game and won the 3rd.
The Tigers shut out the Carp on Mar 28. The Tigers won the next, but lost the 3rd.
Final league standing in 2024
1.Yomiuri Giants
2.Hanshin Tigers
3.Yokohama Dena BayStars
4.Hiroshima Toyo Carp
5.Yakult Swallows
6.Chunichi Dragons
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