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Seibu 5, at Nippon-Ham 3

Friday, April 17, 2026 · Final

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Saitama Seibu Lions

80-63-4 · L3 · #4 (1326 ELO +3)

1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 90

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

81-66-3 · L3 · #2 (1357 ELO -3)

2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 40

Es Con Field Hokkaido · Kitahiroshima, Japan

Attendance: 29,615

Kuwahara’s Homer Lifts Seibu Over Nippon-Ham

SAPPORO, Japan (Interstat) — Masayuki Kuwahara’s two-run homer in the seventh inning broke a tie and propelled the Saitama Seibu Lions to a 5-3 victory over the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters on Friday night, defying pregame projections and snapping a three-game skid. A crowd of 29,615 at Sapporo Dome watched the Lions, installed as significant underdogs, rally behind a strong start from Yutaro Watanabe and a clutch hit from their hottest batter to improve to 7-11-1. The Fighters fell to 8-10. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 5-3 Fighters win, giving the home team a 67.3% probability of victory. The most… Read more...

Top Statlines

Masayuki Kuwahara SEI 2/5 1hr 3rbi
Yutaro Watanabe SEI 7ip 4h 3er 6k
Koki Kitayama HOK 6ip 7h 2er 2k

Forecasting

ELO Probability HOK 69.4%

Spread HOK -1.5

Projected Score HOK 5 SEI 3

Over/Under 7.5 (Over)