SoftBank 2, at Rakuten 5

SENDAI (Interstat) — Takahisa Hayakawa pitched seven strong innings and Itsuki Murabayashi drove in three runs as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 5-2 on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19, 2026, at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi. The Pacific League game drew 25,603 and took 3 hours, 6 minutes. SoftBank was the visiting team, and Rakuten was the home team. Hayakawa improved to 7-8, allowing two earned runs on five hits over seven innings. He walked two and struck out five. The right-hander turned in a bounce-back effort after a rough start at Orix on Sept. 12, when he… Read more...