NPB

Seibu 8, at SoftBank 6

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Saitama Seibu Lions

80-63-4 · L3 · #4 (1326 ELO +4)

0 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 8 110

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

94-50-3 · W3 · #1 (1446 ELO -4)

0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 122

Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome · Fukuoka, Japan

Attendance: 38,091

Lions Outslug Hawks in High-Scoring Affair to Open Series

FUKUOKA, Japan (Interstat) — In a result that defied pregame projections and reversed recent fortunes, the struggling Saitama Seibu Lions erupted for eight runs on 11 hits to defeat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 8-6 on Tuesday night at a sold-out Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. A crowd of 38,091 watched as the Lions, installed as slim favorites but given only a 26.3 percent win probability by statistical models, handed the Pacific League-leading Hawks just their third loss of the young season. The victory snapped a five-game winless skid for Seibu and improved their record to 3-6-1, while SoftBank fell to 7-3. The… Read more...

Top Statlines

Hotaka Yamakawa SOF 2/4 1hr 3rbi
Shuta Tonosaki SEI 1/4 1hr 3rbi
Chihiro Sumida SEI 7ip 7h 3er 5k

Forecasting

ELO Probability SOF 75.1%

Spread SEI -1.5

Projected Score SOF 7 SEI 1

Over/Under 6.0 (Over)