About the Interleague

This is the provisional ranking of the Interleague. The teams are going to play their last games this week, so it won't change that much. The Tigers will play their last games on Saturday and Sunday against Chiba Lotte Marines. The "normal" League games will start again on the 18th.

G = Number of games

W = Number of wins

L = Number of losses

D = Number of draws

WP= Winning percentage

GB= Games behind

Rank	Team	G	W	L	D	WP	GB
1	Seibu Lions	22	14	8	0	.636	-
2	Orix Buffaloes	22	14	8	0	.636	0
3	Rakuten Eagles	22	13	8	1	.619	0.5
4	Lotte Marines	22	12	9	1	.571	1
5	Softbank Hawks	22	11	9	1	.550	0.5
6	Yomiuri Giants	22	12	10	0	.545	0
7	Nippon Ham Fighters	19	9	9	1	.500	1
8	Chunichi Dragons	21	10	11	0	.476	0.5
9	Hanshin Tigers	22	10	11	1	.476	0
10	Hiroshima Carp	22	8	12	2	.400	1.5
11	Yakult Swallows	20	6	13	1	.316	1.5
12	Yokohama Baystars	21	5	16	0	.238	2

Hanshin in particular:

Vs. Nippon Ham: 2 wins, 2 losses.

Vs. Rakuten: 2 wins, 2 losses.

Vs. Softbank: 2 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw.

Vs. Seibu: 1 win, 3 losses.

Vs. Lotte: 2 wins.

Vs. Orix: 1 win, 3 losses.

News of Brazell: He hit his face with the ball when he was batting during the game against Seibu. Trainer Tsunekawa said to the journalists of Sanspo that he has 6 stitches in the lip but it is only a minor injury.