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Sports season
The2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 69th season since the NPB was reorganized in1950 .
Regular season standings [ edit ] Interleague results [ edit ] Current as of 25 September 2018
Interleague results are placed in order of current regular season standings. The 'I' column indicates the teams' interleague position.
The interleague results are indicative only of the teams playing ability against those teams in the opposing league, and have no bearing on the placings or Climax Series'. The sponsor, Nippon Life, does hand out awards to players and teams based on their finishing in the Interleague standings, however.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (0) vs.Yomiuri Giants (2)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 13 Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:06 30,735 2 October 14 Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:40 30,798
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs.Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 13 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3,Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:35 35,301 2 October 14 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:32 38,125 3 October 15 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2,Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:46 34,794
Hiroshima Carp (4) vs.Yomiuri Giants (0)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 17 Yomiuri Giants – 1,Hiroshima Carp – 6 Mazda Stadium 3:07 31,311 2 October 18 Yomiuri Giants – 1,Hiroshima Carp – 4 Mazda Stadium 2:36 31,356 3 October 19 Yomiuri Giants – 1,Hiroshima Carp – 5 Mazda Stadium 3:02 31,371
Saitama Seibu Lions (2) vs.Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 17 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 10, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4MetLife Dome 3:25 31,961 2 October 18 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5,Saitama Seibu Lions – 13 MetLife Dome 3:30 31,106 3 October 19 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 15, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4MetLife Dome 3:30 31,238 4 October 20 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2MetLife Dome 3:31 32,170 5 October 21 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Saitama Seibu Lions – 5MetLife Dome 3:26 31,532
SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–1–1.
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 27 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2(12) Mazda Stadium 4:38 30,727 2 October 28 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 @Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5 Mazda Stadium 2:55 30,724 3 October 30 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8 @Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 9 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:57 35,746 4 October 31 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1 @Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:21 35,796 5 November 1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4 @Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5(10) Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 4:25 35,917 6 November 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0Mazda Stadium 3:14 30,723