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Nippon-Ham 4, at SoftBank 6

Saturday, March 28, 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 120

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

94-50-3 · W3 · #1 (1446 ELO +2)

0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 6 81

Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome · Fukuoka, Japan

Attendance: 40,122

Hawks Rally Past Fighters to Stay Perfect

FUKUOKA, Japan (Interstat) — For the second consecutive night, the SoftBank Hawks rallied from an early deficit, using a five-run fifth inning to overtake the Nippon-Ham Fighters and secure a 6-4 victory on Saturday at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. A crowd of 40,122 watched as the Hawks improved to 2-0 across all competitions this season, while the Fighters fell to 0-2. The game time was 2 hours, 47 minutes. The Fighters, who also lost a one-run decision here on Friday, built a 2-0 lead through four innings on solo home runs. Yuki Nomura opened the scoring with a two-out blast to… Read more...

Top Statlines

Haru Matsumoto SOF 6ip 6h 2er 8k
Kensuke Kondoh SOF 2/4 3rbi
Hotaka Yamakawa SOF 2/4 1hr 2rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability SOF 58.4%

Spread SOF -1.5

Projected Score SOF 6 HOK 5

Over/Under 6.5 (Over)