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Lotte 5, at SoftBank 6

Friday, May 8, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Chiba Lotte Marines

64-77-3 · L2 · #9 (1273 ELO -1)

0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 130

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

94-50-3 · W3 · #1 (1446 ELO +1)

0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 90

Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome · Fukuoka, Japan

Attendance: 40,122

SoftBank Hawks rally past Lotte Marines with 9th-inning outburst

FUKUOKA (Interstat) — The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night to defeat the Chiba Lotte Marines 6-5 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome, erasing a two-run deficit and handing the Marines their fourth straight loss. SoftBank improved to 18-16, while Lotte fell to 14-20. The game lasted 3 hours, 6 minutes before an announced crowd of 40,122. Kensuke Kondoh provided the Hawks’ first offense with a two-run home run in the third inning, but Lotte answered with a five-run sixth inning that appeared to put the Marines in control. The outburst gave… Read more...

Top Statlines

Koshiro Hiroike CLM 6ip 4h 3er 4k
Kensuke Kondoh SOF 2/4 1hr 2rbi
Ryoya Kurihara SOF 1/4 1hr 1rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability SOF 69.4%

Spread SOF -1.5

Projected Score CLM 4 SOF 3

Over/Under 6.5 (Over)