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Yakult 2, at Yomiuri 8

Saturday, August 8, 2026 · Final

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Tokyo Yakult Swallows

61-80-2 · W1 · #12 (1230 ELO -3)

0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 90

Yomiuri Giants

76-67-3 · L5 · #6 (1310 ELO +3)

0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 131

Tokyo Dome · Tokyo, Japan

Attendance: 42,390

Giants Beat Swallows Behind Takemaru, Urata

TOKYO (Interstat) — Kazuyuki Takemaru pitched six scoreless innings, allowing five hits and striking out six, and Shunsuke Urata drove in three runs as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Yakult Swallows 8-2 on Saturday at Tokyo Dome. Yomiuri broke a 1-1 tie with five runs in the third inning. Misaki Sasahara’s two-run single, a walk by Takemaru with the bases loaded and Urata’s two-run single fueled the rally. Shunsuke Sasaki added a two-run single in the seventh inning. Yakult scored single runs in the second and seventh innings. Souma Uchiyama had an RBI single in the second, and Takeshi Miyamoto’s… Read more...

Top Statlines

Kazuyuki Takemaru YOM 6ip 5h 0er 6k
Shunsuke Urata YOM 3/5 3rbi
Yamato Shiroki YOM 2ip 2h 0er 2k

Forecasting

ELO Probability YOM 62.9%

Spread YOM -1.5

Projected Score YAK 2 YOM 5

Over/Under 6.5 (Over)