April
The Swallows suddenly lost its winning pac from Apr 24, losing all 3 games against the Dragons and fell to 2nd place.
The Giants won 2 of 3 games against the BayStars.
The Tigers tied and won a game against the Carp from Apr 25, and surged to first place.
From Apr 21, the Swallows lost the first game to the Carp, won the next 2 with the 3rd on a 2 run homer by Domingo Santana. The other teams played just 2 games. The BayStars clinched both see saw games from the Tigers. The Giants pitchers were strong against the Dragons to win both games.
The leaders played against eachother from Apr 17, the Giants won the first, the Swallows clinched the next 2 including a 3 run home run by Osuna. The Tigers won all 3 games against the Dragons. The BayStar beat the Carp in all 3 games.
The Giants played 2 games from Apr 14 against the Tigers with the 2nd rained out and won both. Masahiro Tanaka pitched 6 innings to win on Apr 16. The Swallows also played 2 games against the BayStars and won both. The Dragons and the Carp won a game each.
The leading team, the Tigers Shota Morishita's homers helped the team clinch the first 2 games from the Dragons from Apr 11, and in the 3rd game Hiroto Takahashi hurled over the distance for another win. The Giants rookie Kazuyuki Takemaru won his first game on Apr 11 from the Swallows, the Swallows won the next 2. The BayStars clinced 2 games from Apr 12 from the Carp.
The Swallows faced the Tigers from Apr 7. The Tigers Hiroto Saimoto pitched 8 innings with 16 strike outs. He was backed by 2 run homers by Shota Morishita and Teruaki Saito, to win. The Swallows won the 2nd, but the Tigers clinched the 3rd game. The Carp faced the Giants and they both won a game, while the 3rd one was rained out. The BayStars and the Dragons won a game each.
On Apr 3, the Swallows consecutive win stopped at 5, losing against the Dragons. It won the next but lost the 3rd game. The Tigers faced the Carp from Apr 3, won the first 2, lost in a walk over hit by the Carp in the 3rd game. The Giants lost the first game against the BayStars, won the next on Trey Cabbage's home run, and a dramatic win in the 3rd game on Takumi Ohshiro's 3 run homer.
The Swallows winning streak ended at 5 on Apr 3, but thereafter won the next 2 games against the Swallows with home runs by Domingo Santana. The Giants lost the first game against the BayStars on Apr 3, won the next on a home run by Trey Cabbage and the 3rd by Takumi Ohshiro's 3 run homer. The Tigers clinched the first 2 games from the Carp, then in the 3rd, the Carp Elehuris Montero finished the game for his team's win on a walk over home run.
On Apr 1, the Giants Masahiro Tanaka started hurling 5 2/3 innings losing 2 run against the Dragons. He was given a win. The Giants lost the 3rd game, while for the Dragons, it's the season's first win. The Tigers on Apr 1 lost to the BayStars Yoshitomo Tsutsugo and Keita Sano's RBIs. The Tigers won the next day. The Swallows hit in a game winning run against the Carp on Apr 2.
March
The Giants faced the Dragons from Mar 31, and won the first game on Yoshihiro Maru's RBI double.
The Tigers beat the BayStars for its 3rd consecutive win.
The Swallows defeated the Carp.
The season opened on March 22. The Giants played against the Tigers, beginning the season with rookie Kazuyuki Takemaru as starter. He pitched well giving up only a run in 6 innings. Supportin him, were home runs by Trey Cabbage and new player Bobby Dalbec. But the Giants were shut out and lost the next, battered in the 3rd. The Swallows did well defeating the BayStars in all 3 games. The Carp also beat the Dragons in all 3 games.Especially a tense good game was the 3rd in which Ryohei Kuribayashi shuts out the Dragons in a 1 to 0 game.
Final league standing in 2025
1.Yomiuri Giants
2.Hanshin Tigers
3.Yokohama Dena BayStars
4.Hiroshima Toyo Carp
5.Yakult Swallows
6.Chunichi Dragons
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