Six games of the "Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026" will be held on May 27th.

In Pacific League the previous day, all five teams except Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win. standings remained unchanged, with the gap between 5th-place Chiba Lotte Marines and 6th-place Tohoku Rakuten Eagles widening to 2.5 games. Second-place Orix Buffaloes still trails first-place Saitama Seibu Lions by 0.5 games.

Highlights of each match on May 27th

The Giants vs Fukuoka Softbank (Tokyo Dome)
Eagle Armenta, who was signed to a control contract on the 23rd, makes his first professional appearance and first start!

Tokyo Yakult vs Saitama Seibu Lions (Jingu Stadium)
Yutaro Watanabe Can Seiya Watanabe get better in his first start since May 12?

Yokohama DeNA vs. Orix Buffaloes (Yokohama Stadium)
Ryuhei Sotani is his first appearance against Yokohama DeNA Tomoya Noguchi is 2 hit 4 RBI in the previous game!

Chunichi vs Tohoku Rakuten Eagles (Vantelin Dome)
Tatsuki Koja is looking for his second win of the season Chunichi since 2024, when he got his first professional win win mound

Hanshin Tigers vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (Koshien)
Takayuki Kato is Koshien making his first professional appearance Tatsuki Mizuno with a .342 batting average for the month!

Hiroshima vs Chiba Lotte Marines (Mazda Stadium)
1 in the 6th inning of the last game runs 's Kaito Mori pitches for the first time in an interchange game Eito Takabe and Ryusei Ogawa are also notable

Pacific League standings Table/Individual results are here