Lotte 2, at SoftBank 3

FUKUOKA, Japan (Interstat) — Carter Stewart Jr. pitched 5 2/3 innings of four-hit ball and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks rallied past the Chiba Lotte Marines 3-2 on Friday night in front of 40,122 at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. SoftBank improved to 45-29-2, while Lotte dropped to 36-34-3. The game lasted 2 hours, 47 minutes. Lotte starter Koshiro Hiroike delivered a strong performance, allowing six hits and two earned runs over seven innings with six strikeouts, but he took the loss to fall to 2-4. Stewart earned his fifth win against three losses, and Kazuki Sugiyama worked a perfect ninth inning for… Read more...