**Central League Standings**
| Rank | Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | GB |
|——|——|——|——–|——|—-|
| 1 | Yakult | 23 | 14 | 0 | – |
| 2 | Hanshin | 21 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 3 | Yomiuri | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 4 | DeNA | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Hiroshima | 12 | 19 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Chunichi | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1.0 |
**Pacific League Standings**
| Rank | Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | GB |
|——|——|——|——–|——|—-|
| 1 | Orix | 22 | 14 | 0 | – |
| 2 | SoftBank | 19 | 16 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 3 | Seibu | 20 | 17 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Nippon-Ham | 18 | 20 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 5 | Rakuten | 15 | 20 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 6 | Lotte | 14 | 21 | 0 | 1.0 |
– Former Nippon-Ham pitcher Yuki Saito will throw the ceremonial first pitch on his birthday, June 6, during the Yakult vs. Nippon-Ham game. He said he is already excited.
– Fans react to the impressive home run by the Giants’ 21-year-old right-handed slugger, asking if he can fill the void left by Okamoto. He is hitting .438 and drawing attention.
– Chunichi’s fourth-round draft pick, a high school rookie, is dominating the farm team with a .327 average and .816 OPS. Can he make his first-team debut in his first year?
– Ryukoku University Heian wins the Spring Kyoto Prefectural High School Baseball Championship for the first time in nine years, rallying past Ritsumeikan Uji.
– Hiroshima’s Shunsuke Tamura is set to be promoted to the first team on the 12th, saying he will treat it as his last chance. He has been hitting over .300 in the minors with six consecutive hits.
