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Rakuten 4, at Lotte 3

Thursday, July 23, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

58-84-1 · W1 · #7 (1281 ELO +2)

0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 120

Chiba Lotte Marines

64-77-3 · L2 · #9 (1273 ELO -2)

1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 70

Chiba Marine Stadium · Chiba, Japan

Attendance: 26,933

Rakuten edges Lotte 4‑3 behind Koja’s strong start

CHIBA, Japan (Interstat) — The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles rallied from a two-run deficit Thursday evening, scoring three unanswered runs over the seventh and eighth innings to defeat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-3 at Chiba Marine Stadium. A crowd of 26,933 watched the Golden Eagles improve to 36-52-1, while the Marines dropped to 41-44-2. The game lasted 3 hours, 44 minutes. Rakuten’s right-hander Tatsuki Koja started and allowed three earned runs on seven hits over six innings, striking out seven. He left with the Golden Eagles trailing 3-1, but the bullpen took over from there. Katsutoshi Tai, Ryu Kutani and… Read more...

Top Statlines

Tatsuki Koja RAK 6ip 7h 3er 7k
Shoma Fujihira RAK 1ip 0h 0er 2k
Kyota Fujiwara CLM 2/4 1rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability CLM 56.2%

Spread RAK +1.5

Projected Score RAK 5 CLM 2

Over/Under 8.5 (Under)