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Nippon-Ham 2, at SoftBank 3

Thursday, September 10, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

81-66-3 · L3 · #2 (1357 ELO -2)

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 60

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

94-50-3 · W3 · #1 (1446 ELO +2)

0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 70

Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome · Fukuoka, Japan

Attendance: 39,894

Yanagita hits two homers as Hawks edge Fighters

FUKUOKA (Interstat) — Yuki Yanagita hit two home runs and Haru Matsumoto pitched five steady innings as the SoftBank Hawks beat the Nippon-Ham Fighters 3-2 on Thursday night at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. SoftBank improved to 78-46-3, while Nippon-Ham fell to 71-56-2. Matsumoto earned the win, allowing one earned run on two hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Takayuki Katoh took the loss despite working seven innings for Nippon-Ham, giving up three earned runs on seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Kazuki Sugiyama recorded the save with a perfect ninth inning, striking out all three batters he faced.… Read more...

Top Statlines

Haru Matsumoto SOF 5ip 2h 1er 4bb 4k
Yuki Yanagita SOF 2/4 2hr 2rbi
Kazuki Sugiyama SOF 1ip 0h 0er 3k

Forecasting

ELO Probability SOF 60.2%

Projected Score HOK 7 SOF 5