Standings in the Pacific League after Saturday's games (Tabulate under games won, lost, tied, winning percentage, games behind):

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Orix 7, Nippon Ham 5

Rakuten 8, Seibu 2

SoftBank 3, Lotte 0

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W L T Pct. GB

SoftBank 54 39 5 .581 -

Lotte 53 42 2 .558 2.0

Rakuten 47 46 4 .505 7.0

Seibu 45 47 3 .489 8.5

Nippon Ham 43 51 4 .457 11.5

Orix 37 54 6 .407 16.0

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