NPB

Yakult 5, at Yomiuri 0

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 · Final

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Tokyo Yakult Swallows

61-80-2 · W1 · #12 (1230 ELO +4)

2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 80

Yomiuri Giants

76-67-3 · L5 · #6 (1310 ELO -4)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60

Tokyo Dome · Tokyo, Japan

Attendance: 42,192

Yakult Swallows shut out Yomiuri Giants 5‑0

TOKYO (Interstat) — Taichi Yamano pitched six shutout innings and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows backed him with an early homer and late insurance runs to beat the Yomiuri Giants 5-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Tokyo Dome. Yamano allowed five hits, struck out five and walked one to improve to 5-1. He retired the side in order in the first, second and fifth innings and escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fourth by inducing a groundout to first base. The right-hander threw 101 pitches, 68 for strikes. The Swallows jumped on Giants starter Kazuyuki Takemaru in the first inning. Leadoff hitter… Read more...

Top Statlines

Taichi Yamano YAK 6ip 5h 0er 5k
Hidetaka Namiki YAK 2/5 1hr 1rbi
Tomoya Hoshi YAK 1ip 0h 0er 2k

Forecasting

ELO Probability YOM 56.2%

Spread YOM -1.5

Projected Score YAK 4 YOM 3

Over/Under 6.0 (Under)