HIROSHIMA (Interstat) — The Hiroshima Carp defeated the Chunichi Dragons 2-1 on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium.

Takaya Ishikawa opened the scoring with a solo home run in the second inning for Chunichi. Elehuris Montero answered with a solo homer in the fifth for Hiroshima. Daisuke Moriura earned the win in relief, allowing one hit and striking out three over one scoreless inning. Albert Abreu took the loss after throwing two-thirds of an inning with one strikeout.

Yumeto Kanemaru started for Chunichi and allowed four hits and one earned run over seven innings with seven strikeouts. Ryoji Kuribayashi started for Hiroshima and allowed five hits and one earned run over eight innings with six strikeouts. Seiya Yoshida pitched a scoreless one-inning relief appearance. The Dragons had six hits and the Carp had four.

Hiroshima improved to 48-53-2. Chunichi fell to 43-68-1. Attendance was 22,958, and the game lasted 2 hours, 52 minutes.