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SoftBank 5, at Seibu 0

Sunday, August 9, 2026 · Final

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Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

94-50-3 · W3 · #1 (1446 ELO +3)

0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 120

Saitama Seibu Lions

80-63-4 · L3 · #4 (1326 ELO -3)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52

Seibu Dome · Tokorozawa, Japan

Attendance: 27,139

SoftBank blanks Seibu 5‑0 behind Maeda’s strong start

TOKOROZAWA, Japan (Interstat) — Yugo Maeda pitched seven shutout innings and the SoftBank Hawks beat the Seibu Lions 5-0 on Sunday afternoon at Seibu Dome. Maeda gave up four hits and struck out six, improving to 10-0. He was backed by Kensuke Kondoh’s solo home run in the second inning and Yuudai Yamamoto’s bases-loaded double in the seventh that drove in three runs. SoftBank added four runs in the seventh, with Yamamoto’s hit coming with two outs and the bases loaded. The Hawks took a 1-0 lead on Kondoh’s homer. The Hawks had 12 hits, while the Lions managed five.… Read more...

Top Statlines

Yugo Maeda SOF 7ip 4h 0er 6k
Natsuki Takeuchi SEI 6.1ip 11h 3er 5k
Yuudai Yamamoto SOF 2/4 3rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability SOF 62.3%

Spread SEI +1.5

Projected Score SOF 7 SEI 2

Over/Under 6.5 (Under)