Hanshin 8, at Hiroshima 1

HIROSHIMA (Interstat) — Takato Ihara allowed one earned run over five innings of two-hit ball, striking out four, as the Hanshin Tigers beat the Hiroshima Carp 8-1 on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium. Teruaki Sato hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and Seishiro Sakamoto drove in three runs with a single and a double. Hanshin broke it open with two runs in the seventh, two in the eighth and two in the ninth. The Tigers collected 13 hits; the Carp had three. Elehuris Montero hit a solo homer for Hiroshima in the fifth. Hiroshima starter… Read more...