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

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Orix 6, Nippon Ham 4

Seibu 5, Rakuten 2

Lotte 3, SoftBank 1

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W L T Pct. GB

SoftBank 52 39 5 .571 -

Lotte 53 40 2 .570 0.0

Rakuten 46 46 4 .500 6.5

Seibu 45 46 3 .495 7.0

Nippon Ham 42 50 4 .457 10.5

Orix 36 53 6 .404 15.0

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