FUKUOKA (Interstat) — Masaru Fujii pitched 5 2/3 innings and Yuma Yasuda homered as the Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the SoftBank Hawks 5-2 on Friday, August 14, 2026, at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. Attendance was 39,894 and the game lasted 3 hours, 2 minutes.

Rakuten scored four runs in the first inning, with Yasuda’s three-run homer to right the big blow. Daisuke Nakashima added an RBI double in the ninth. Rakuten finished with nine hits, SoftBank had five. SoftBank scored on Ryoya Kurihara’s RBI double in the first and sacrifice fly in the third, but grounded into two double plays.

Fujii allowed one earned run and five hits with two strikeouts for his second win. Ryosuke Ohtsu took the loss, allowing four earned runs in seven innings with seven strikeouts. Ryu Kutani, Katsutoshi Tai and Ren Kajiya combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief. Shoma Fujihira earned his 22nd save with a scoreless inning.

Rakuten improved to 40-62-1. SoftBank fell to 66-39-1.