FUKUOKA, Japan (Interstat) — The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks host the Chiba Lotte Marines on Sunday evening at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in the rubber match of a three-game series.

SoftBank (45-30-2) leads the Pacific League standings, while Lotte (37-34-3) sits four games back in third place. The teams split the first two games of the series — Lotte won 8-1 on Saturday after SoftBank took Friday’s contest 3-2.

Lotte right-hander Sam Long is a player to watch after a dominant outing Saturday, when he pitched seven innings, allowing six hits and no earned runs with six strikeouts. Long has won his past three starts, including a five-inning, one-run performance June 7 against Yomiuri and a four-inning, one-run outing June 14 against Yokohama.

SoftBank reliever Taiga Kamichatani will be available out of the bullpen after taking the loss Saturday despite allowing one hit and no earned runs over 3 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. Kamichatani has been effective in recent outings, including a scoreless inning June 28 at Lotte and a one-hit appearance June 19 at Nippon-Ham.

The Hawks have won seven of their past 10 games overall. Lotte has won three of its past five entering Sunday.

According to Interstat’s game simulator, SoftBank is projected to win 7-4 with a 67.8% probability.

Following Sunday’s game, Lotte returns home to face Nippon-Ham on Tuesday. SoftBank travels to Orix for a two-game series beginning Tuesday.