Modified on October 14, 2019
Climax Series
1st stage:Softbank Hawks vs Seibu Lions
Oct 13
The game on Oct 12 was postpone due to super Typhoon Hagitis.
Kenta Imamura was awesome blasting 3 home runs.
The Hawks won 9 to 3.
Oct 11
The Hawks ace pitcher Kodai Senga struck out 10 in the innings he pitched.
Akira Nakamura homered, giving the team a 7 to 0 win over the Lions.
Oct 10
Nobuhiro Matsuda homered.
Akira Nakamura homered and had RBI hits.
The Lions pitcher could not stop the Hawks, and the Hawks beat the Lions 8 to 6.
Oct 9
The Hawks Tsuyoshi Wada was in trouble. But Nobuhiro Matsuda hit in 2 runs.
With Yuya Hasegawa's RBI the team equalized. Then a wild pitch gave the Hawks a game winning run.
The Hawks won 8 to 4 against the Lions.
1st stage:Softbank Hawks vs Rakuten Golden Eagles
Oct 7
Seiichi Uchikawa slammed a homerun to give the Hawks a 2 to 1 win over the Golden Eagles.
Oct 6
Yuki Yanagita contributed to the Hawks with a home run, and also taking the lead with his base hit.
The Hawks beat the Golden Eagles 6 to 4.
Oct 5
Takahiro Norimoto who started for the Golden Eagles had a bad start.
But after his team equalized on Eita Asamur's home run, he recovered.
Eigoro Mogi slammed a home run to take the lead.
The Golden Eagles beat the Hawks 5 to 3.
Sept
On Sept 24, the Lions with it's 2nd win in a row. The Hawks lost to the Golden Eagles,
so the Lions its secured its league victory. Hotaka Yamakawa blasted a 2 run home run.
From Sept 18 the Lions which leads in the league fair well, defeating first the Buffaloes, then the Fighters, then the Golden Eagles 2 games in a row. But on Sept 22, it lost. The Hawks started by losing to the Golden Eagles, but defeated the Buffaloes then the Fighters. On Sept 21 it lost to the Fighters, then beat the Buffaloes.
The Lions won on Sept 15 against the Marines, but lost the next day. The Hawks lost 2 games against the Fighters. The Golden Eagles and the Buffaloes won a game each.
From Sept 13 the Lions faced the Marines, won the first game on Shogo Akiyama's 2 run home run, and clinched the next 2 games in the final inning to rise to first place. The Hawks beat the Fighters on Sept 14, but lost the next day. The Buffaloes won against the Golden Eagles in 2 games from Sept 14.
Games are being rained out due to typhoon from Sept 10. On this day, the Marines played against the Fighters and won on Leonys Martin's 2 run home run. On Sept 11, the Lions beat the Hawks to rise to first place. But the next day the Lions lost to the Hawks and the Hawks returned to the top. The Golden Eagles and the Fighters faced eachother and won a game each. On Sept 11 the Marines Martin homered twice to beat the Buffaloes.
The Hawks pitcher Kodai Senga achieved a no hitter game on Sept 6 against the Marines. The Hawks won the 3rd game. The Lions Takeya Nakamura grand slammed against the Golden Eagles on Sept 6. It also won the 3rd game. The Fighters defeated the Buffaloes in all 3 games.
The Hawks Seiichi Uchikawa on Sept 3 slammed a 2 run homer to beat the Golden Eagles. The Hawks won the next 2 games The Lions Takeya Nakamura slammed a 2 run home run against the Buffaloes and the next day grand slammed. The Marines beat the Fighters on Tamura's 2 home runs.
From Sept 1 the Hawks beat the Lions. The Golden Eagles clinched the game against the Fighters. The Marines beat the Buffaloes but tied in the next game.
Final league standing
1.Saitama Seibu Lions
2.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
3.Rakuten Golden Eagles
4.Chiba Lotte Marines
5.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
6.Orix Buffaloes
August
The top 2 teams faced eachtother from Aug 30.
The Lions beat the Hawks on Tomoya Mori's home run in both games.
The Golden Eagles won 2 games against the Fighters.
The Buffaloes won 2 games against the Marines.
The Lions faced the Fighters from Aug 27 and won all 3 games. The Golden Eagles won the first game against the Marines on Jabari Blash's 3 run homerun but lost the next 2.
From Aug 23 the Marines play well against the Hawks winning all 3 games. The Lions won the first 2 games and lost the 3rd against the Golden Eagles. The Buffaloes won the first game against the Fighters, whil the Fighters won the 2. On Aug 25, Sho Nakata made a comeback from his injury and contributed with RBIs.
The Lions Hotaka Yamakawa returned to good shape from Aug 20 taking the Lions to a win in 2 games against the Fighters. The Fighters won the 3rd game on Kiyomiya's 2 run home run. The Marines beat the Golden Eagles in the first game but lost the next 2, in particular the last game was competitive.
From Aug 16, the Buffaloes beat the Marines in all 3 games. From Aug 17 the Hawks defeated the Lions in all 3 games. The Fighters on Aug 17 beat the Golden Eagles with an RBI hit by Kotaro Kiyomiya, and tied the next day.
From Aug 13 the Hawks beat the Golden Eagles in all 3 games. The Lions beat the Buffaloes in the first 2 games but was clobbered in the 3rd, 8 to 20. The Marines defeated the Fighters in all 3 games, as a result the Marines rose to 4th place while the Fighters fell to 5th place.
From Aug 10, the Hawks beat the Fighters in all 3 games. The Lions won all 3 games against the Marines. The Buffaloes won the first game against the Golden Eagles but lost the next 2.
The Marines had a dramatic win over the Hawks on Aug 6, on Kiyota's home run. It won the next game on Brandon Laird's 2 homers, but lost the 3rd. The Golden Eagles won 2 of 3 games against the Lions from Aug 6. The Buffaloes won all 3 games against the Fighters.
On Aug 2, the Hawks Senga shut out the Fighters and his team won. The Hawks won the next game too, but lost the 3rd. The Buffaloes won the first 2 games against the Lions. The Lions won the 3rd on Shogo Akiyama's game winning RBI. The Golden Eagles won the first game against the Marines on Ginji Akaminai's 2 run homer. The tied in the next game. On Aug 4 the Marines Katsuya Kakunaka slammed a 3 run homer to take the team to a win.
The Hawks won a competitive game against the Lions on Aug 1. The Marines clinched a close game against the Buffaloes. The Golden Eagles beat the Fighters.
League standing as of Aug 31
1.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
2.Saitama Seibu Lions
3.Rakuten Golden Eagles
4.Chiba Lotte Marines
5.Orix Buffaloes
6.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
July
The Lions won 2 games against the Hawks from Jul 30.
The Golden Eagles and the Fighters won a game each.
The Marines and the Buffaloes won a game each.
The Hawks faced the Buffaloes from Jul 26, lost the first 2 games, and winning the 3rd. The Fighters beat the Lions in the first 2 games, lost the 3rd. The Marines won all 3 games against the Golden Eagles.
From Jul 23 the Hawks played competitive games against the Marines, winning the first 2. The Fighters and the Buffaloes won a games each. The Golden Eagles beat the Lions on Jul 24 with Ginji Akaminai's 2 run home run but lost the next day to Takeya Nakamura's home run.
On Jul 19, the Golden Eagles Manabu Mima hurled over the disatance to beat the Hawks. The Golden Eagles won the next day. On Jul 21, the Hawks won on Yuya Hasegawa's 2 run home run. The Lions won on Jul 19 against the Buffaloes on Takeya Nakamura's home run. The Buffaloes won the next day on Masataka Yoshida's home run. On Jul 21, the Lions Hotaka Yamakawa slammed a 3 run home run for his team's win. The Fighters won the first 2 games against the Marines, lost the 3rd.
Following the All Star break regular season games resumed on Jul 15. The Fighters beat the Hawks in all 3 games. The Golden Eagles won 2 or 3 games against the Buffaloes. The Marines won the first game against the Lions on Brandon Laird's home run. The Lions won the next 2 games.
The Hawks Nobuhiro Matsuda slammed a 2 run home run in 2 games from Jul 5 against the Buffaloes and helped his team win but lost the 3rd game. The Golden Eagles is in trouble. It lost all 3 games to the Fighter succumbing to its 9th consecutive loss. The Marines beat the Lions in 2 of 3 games.
On Jul 2, the Hawks Yurisbel Gracial slammed a 3 run home run to defeat the Golden Eagles and also on Jul 4. The Hawks won all 3 games. The Fighters won the first 2 games against the Lions, lost the 3rd. The Buffaloes defeated the Marines in all 3 games.
League standing as of Jul 31
1.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
2.Saitama Seibu Lions
3.Rakuten Golden Eagles
4.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
5.Chiba Lotte Marines
6.Orix Buffaloes
June
The Interleague ended, and teams were back to playing in their respective leagues from June 28.
The rainy season has been affecting some games.
Those held, the Hawks beat the Fighters in all 3 games.
The Marines won the first game against the Golden Eagles and tied in the next.
The Lions won 2 games against the Buffaloes from June 29.
On June 1, the Golden Eagles beat the Hawks and rose to first place. The Golden Eagles won the next day too. The Buffaloes and the Fighters tied the first day. The Marines won both games against the Lions.
League standing as of June 30
1.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
2.Rakuten Golden Eagles
3.Saitama Seibu Lions
4.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
5.Chiba Lotte Marines
6.Orix Buffaloes
May
On May 31, the Golden Eagles beat the Hawks, the Fighters won its 5th game in a row, and the Lions beat the Marines.
The Fighters beat the Marines in all 3 games from May 28, with Kotaro Kiyomiya contributing with his bat. The Buffaloes won the first game, but the Hawks won the next 2 with runs by Alfredo Despaigne. The Golden Eagles and the Lions won a game each.
From May 24, the Hawks faced the Marines, won the first game but lost the next 2. The Golden Eagles won 2 of 3 games against the Buffaloes.The Lions won the first 2 games against the Fighters. Kotaro Kiyomiya who's back from his injury hit in a run in 2 games.
On May 21 the Golden Eagles Eito Asamura blasted a 3 run home run to defeat the Fighters. In the next game, Jabari Blash homered a 2 run. The Fighters won the 3rd game on Sho Nakata's and Sugiya's 2 homers. The Lions Hotaka Yamakawa blasted a 3 run home run at his birth place Okinawa on May 21 in the game against the Lions. The Lions won the next game too. The Marines won a competitive game against the Buffaloes on May 21, but lost the next game.
The Lions faced the Buffaloes from May 17, and won 2 of 3 games. The Marines face the Golden Eagles and won the first but lost the next 2 which includes a 2 run homer by Eito Asamura. The Hawks won 2 games from the Fighters.
The Lions from May 14 won 2 of 3 games against the Hawks. The Fighters won the first game from the Golden Eagles, The Golden Eagles won the next on 2 homers by Jabari Blash. The Fighters won the 3rd games. The Buffaloes and the Marines won a game each from May 15.
From May 10 the Hawks lost 2 of 3 games to the Marines. The Buffaloes beat the Golden Eagles in the first 2 games, lost the 3rd. The Fighters Watanabe's 3 run home run contributed to his team's victory against the Lions on May 10. The Lions won the 3rd game.
On May 8, the Golden Eagles Jabari Blash homered twice to beat the Hawks. The Golden Eagles won the next day too with a home run by Blash and Ginji Akaminai's game winning RBI. The Marines Brandon Laird grandslammed in May 8 to beat the Lions. The Marines won the next day too. The Fighters and Buffaloes won a game each from May 8.
The Hawks beat the Buffaloes in all 3 games from May 4. The Lions won the first 2 games against the Golden Eagles, including a 2 run homer by Hotaka Yamakawa. It lost the 3rd. The Marines and the Fighter won a game each and tied in the 3rd.
The Golden Eagles clobbered the Hawks on May 1, but lost the next 2 games. The Fighters won 2 of 3 games against the Lions from May 1. The Marines beat the Buffloes in the first game but lost the next 2.
League standing as of May 31
1.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
2.Rakuten Golden Eagles
3.Saitama Seibu Lions
4.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
5.Chiba Lotte Marines
6.Orix Buffaloes
April
The Golden Eagles is doing poorly, succumbing to 3 straight losses to the Marines from Apr 27.
The Hawks starter Kodai Senga shruck out 11, and won the game against the Fighters on Apr 17.
The Hawks lost the next but won the 3rd game.
The Lions Hotaka Yamakawa helped his team win agains the Buffaloes on Apr 27. The Lions won the next , but lost the 3rd game.
The Hawks and the Buffaloes faced eachother from Apr 22, with the Hawks winning The Hawks won the first, lost the 2nd but managed to win the 3rd in the 10th inning on Kenji Akashi's 3 run home run. From Apr 23 the Golden Eagles won the first game against the Fighters but lost the next 2. The Marines and the Lions tied in the first game, the Lions won the next 2.
Chiba The Golden Eagles lost the the Buffloes on Apr 19, but the next day Rui Okoe slammed a 2 run homer run to help the Golden Eagles win. And Golden Eagles won the 3rd game too. The Hawks ace pitcher Kodai Senga did well against the Lions to win his 1st game on Apr 19. The Lions won the next game while the Hawks won big the 3rd game. The Marines marked its 4th straight win on Apr 20. It beat the Fighters. The Fighters won the next game.
The Golden Eagles played against the Lions from Apr 15 and ended on Wheeler's game winning run. The Golden Eagles won the next game on Eito Asamura's 3 run home run. The Marines Hideyuki Wakui shut out the Hawks on Apr 16. The Marines won the next 2 games. The Buffaloes beat the Fighters in the first 2 games, lost the 3rd in which newly joined Chisato Kaneko pitched well.
The Hawks had a disappointing defeat, due to a pass ball in the game against the Golden Eagles on Apr 12. But won the next 2 games. The Lions had a dramatic win against the Buffaloes on Apr 11, lost the next day and won on Apr 14 on Hotaka Yamakawa's 2 run home run. The Marines lost all 3 games against the Fighters.
On Apr 9 the Hawks and the Fighters tied in a 10 inning game. The Fighters clinched the next on Taishi Ota's home run. Then on Apr 11, the Hawks won. The Marines clinched the game against the Buffaloes on Apr 9 in the last inning. The Buffaloes won on Masataka Yoshida's home run on Apr 11. The Golden Eagles beat the Lions in 2 games.
The Marines losing streak ended on Apr 5 beating the Hawks on Katsuya Kakunaka's home run in the 10th inning. Shohei Kato homered twice the next day for the Marines when the next day. But it was the Hawks which won the 3rd game on a 2 run by Yuki Yanakita and Alfredo Despaigne's 3 run home run. The Fighters Sho Nakata hit in 2 RBIs on Apr 5 to beat the Lions but the Lions won the next 2 games. The Buffaloes won its first game of the season on Apr 5 against the Golden Eagles. It won the next day, tied the 3rd day.
On Apr 2 the Hawks Yuki Yanakita blasted a 3 run homerun to defeat the Buffaloes. The next game was a tie.The Hawks won the 3 game. The Lions Hotaru Yamakawa slammed a 3 run homer on Apr 2 to defeat the Marines. The Lions won all 3 games. New member of the Golden Eagles from the Lions, Eito Asamura homered on Apr 2. and helped the team beat the Fighters. Then the next day, Zelous Wheeler's 2 run homer helped the team. The Golden Eagles won the 3rd game too.
League standing as of April 30
1.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
2.Rakuten Golden Eagles
3.Saitama Seibu Lions
4.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
5.Chiba Lotte Marines
6.Orix Buffaloes
March
To open the season on Mar 29, the Hawks won dramatically against the Lions on Alfredo Despaigne's game winning RBI in the 11th inning.
In the next game the Hawks star Yuki Yanakita slammed a 3 run home run, and he homered the following day too to beat the Lions in all 3 games.
The Fighters won the opener on Sho Nakata's 3 run home run in the 10th inning against the Buffaloes.
The next game was a tie. The Fighters won the 3rd game.
The Marines chose new high school graduate Kyota Fujiwara in the starting line up and recorded a hit.
Brandon Laird slammed a 3 run homer for a memorable opener for the Marines against the Golden Eagles.
The Marines lost the next 2 games.
League standing as of March 31
1.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
1.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
3.Rakuten Golden Eagles
4.Chiba Lotte Marines
5.Saitama Seibu Lions
6.Orix Buffaloes
Final league standing in 2018
1.Saitama Seibu Lions
2.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
3.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
4.Orix Buffaloes
5.Chiba Lotte Marines
6.Rakuten Golden Eagles
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