Nippon-Ham 4, at SoftBank 8

FUKUOKA, Japan (Interstat) — The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks completed a dominant season-opening sweep of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, riding a relentless offensive attack and strong pitching to an 8-4 victory Sunday evening at a sold-out Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. A crowd of 40,122 watched the Hawks improve to a perfect 3-0 across all competitions, while the Fighters stumbled to 0-3, continuing a frustrating trend of narrow defeats after losing the first two games of this series by identical 6-5 and 6-4 scores. The most important part of the game unfolded in the middle innings, where SoftBank’s lineup systematically built and then… Read more...