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Rakuten 2, at Seibu 1

Saturday, April 4, 2026 · Final

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Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

58-84-1 · W1 · #7 (1281 ELO +2)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 52

Saitama Seibu Lions

80-63-4 · L3 · #4 (1326 ELO -2)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50

Seibu Dome · Tokorozawa, Japan

Attendance: 21,983

Kobukata’s Late Triple Lifts Golden Eagles Past Lions

TOKOROZAWA, Japan (Interstat) — In a tense pitcher’s duel that stretched into the late innings, Hiroto Kobukata’s two-run triple in the eighth broke a scoreless deadlock and propelled the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 2-1 victory over the Saitama Seibu Lions on Saturday afternoon at Seibu Dome. The game, witnessed by 21,983 fans, was a masterclass in pitching for seven innings, with Rakuten’s Ryota Takinaka and Seibu’s Natsuki Takeuchi trading zeroes. The contest was ultimately decided by a single, decisive swing from Kobukata against the Lions’ bullpen. Takeuchi was brilliant in a no-decision, dominating Rakuten over seven shutout innings.… Read more...

Top Statlines

Natsuki Takeuchi SEI 7ip 2h 0er 10k
Ryota Takinaka RAK 6ip 2h 0er 5k
Chiharu Tanaka RAK 1ip 1h 0er 1k

Forecasting

ELO Probability RAK 52.7%

Spread RAK -1.5

Projected Score RAK 4 SEI 2

Over/Under 6.0 (Under)