TOKOROZAWA, Japan (Interstat) — Keisuke Nakata drove in three runs Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, to lead the Seibu Lions to a 3-1 victory over the Nippon-Ham Fighters at Seibu Dome.

Seibu scored in the fifth inning when Nakata tripled home a runner, in the sixth when his sacrifice fly brought in a run, and in the eighth when he tripled again. Nippon-Ham scored in the top of the eighth on Kotaro Kiyomiya’s solo home run.

Seibu improved to 66-48-1. Nippon-Ham fell to 63-53-1. Seibu collected 10 hits; Nippon-Ham had eight. Nakata finished 2-for-3. Taiga Hirasawa also had two hits for Seibu. For Nippon-Ham, Shun Mizutani went 2-for-4.

Kaima Taira (10-3) earned the win, allowing six hits and no earned runs over seven innings with nine strikeouts. Hiromi Itoh (8-9) took the loss, surrendering two earned runs and seven hits in six innings. Hiroshi Kaino pitched a scoreless ninth for his 18th save. Naoki Miyanishi also worked a scoreless inning for Nippon-Ham, while Sauryn Lao allowed one earned run in relief. Trey Wingenter gave up one earned run during his inning for Seibu.

An announced crowd of 27,272 attended the 3:03 evening game.