Overview

• Rikkyo defeated Hosei 2–0 in the third game of the second week to win the series 2–1 and secure a 勝ち点1.
• After seven scoreless innings, Kobayashi delivered a two-run home run in the eighth to decide the decider.
• Rikkyo had taken the opener 9–6 behind Kobayashi’s four hits and three RBIs, before Hosei evened the set 4–1 with starter Maruyama fronting a five-man relay.
• Meiji already banked a 勝ち点1 by sweeping Tokyo, capping the set with a 10–0 win fueled by 15 hits, including a three-run homer from Mitsuhiro.
• In Meiji’s 6–0 first-game victory, left-hander Mouri dominated with eight innings of one-hit, 12-strikeout pitching.