NPB

Seibu 5, at Nippon-Ham 2

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 · Final

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Saitama Seibu Lions

80-63-4 · L3 · #4 (1326 ELO +4)

0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 130

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

81-66-3 · L3 · #2 (1357 ELO -4)

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 71

Es Con Field Hokkaido · Kitahiroshima, Japan

Attendance: 31,443

Lions score five in seventh, beat Fighters 5‑2

SAPPORO (Interstat) — Taiga Kojima hit a three-run home run and Sosuke Genda drove in two runs in a five-run seventh inning as the Seibu Lions defeated the Nippon-Ham Fighters 5-2 on Wednesday night at Sapporo Dome. Seibu trailed 2-0 heading into the seventh. Genda’s two-run double tied the score, and Kojima followed with a three-run homer to right-center. Kotaro Kiyomiya and Tatsuki Mizuno hit solo home runs for Nippon-Ham. Yutaro Watanabe (5-6) allowed two earned runs on four hits over seven innings with four strikeouts to get the win. Seigi Tanaka (1-4) took the loss. Hiroshi Kaino earned his… Read more...

Top Statlines

Koki Kitayama HOK 6ip 6h 0er 7k
Yutaro Watanabe SEI 7ip 4h 2er 4k
Taiga Kojima SEI 2/3 1hr 3rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability HOK 60.9%

Spread HOK -1.5

Projected Score HOK 5 SEI 3

Over/Under 7.5 (Under)