NPB

Yomiuri 1, at Chunichi 2

Thursday, April 2, 2026 · Final

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Yomiuri Giants

76-67-3 · L5 · #6 (1310 ELO -2)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40

Chunichi Dragons

61-81-2 · W1 · #10 (1266 ELO +2)

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 61

Nagoya Dome · Nagoya, Japan

Attendance: 36,646

Sano’s Blast Lifts Dragons Over Giants in Pitchers’ Duel

NAGOYA, Japan (Interstat) — In a tense, briskly played pitchers’ duel that defied pregame projections, Miguel Sano’s two-run homer in the fifth inning provided the only offense the Chunichi Dragons would need to edge the Yomiuri Giants 2-1 on Thursday night at Nagoya Dome, snapping a five-game losing streak. A crowd of 36,646 watched as Dragons left-hander Yudai Ohno outdueled Yomiuri’s Takahiro Norimoto in a game that lasted just 2 hours, 14 minutes. The victory was just the first of the young season for Chunichi, which improved to 1-5. Yomiuri, which had taken the first two games of this series,… Read more...

Top Statlines

Yudai Ohno CHU 9ip 4h 0er 6k
Takahiro Norimoto YOM 7ip 5h 2er 5k
Miguel Sano CHU 1/3 1hr 2rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability YOM 56.0%

Spread CHU +1.5

Projected Score YOM 4 CHU 3

Over/Under 6.0 (Under)