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Yomiuri 5, at Yakult 3

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Yomiuri Giants

76-67-3 · L5 · #6 (1310 ELO +2)

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 90

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

61-80-2 · W1 · #12 (1230 ELO -2)

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 81

Meiji Jingu Stadium · Tokyo, Japan

Attendance: 28,328

Yomiuri Giants rally late to beat Yakult Swallows 5‑3

TOKYO (Interstat) — Yomiuri Giants rallied from a 2-0 deficit, scoring twice in the eighth and twice in the ninth, to beat the Yakult Swallows 5-3 on Wednesday night at Meiji Jingu Stadium. Yomiuri trailed 2-0 after the first inning before Shunsuke Sasaki homered in the sixth. Bobby Dalbec’s two-run double put the Giants ahead in the eighth, and Takuya Kai added a homer in the ninth. Sasaki finished 3 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs. Yakult had eight hits and grounded into two double plays. Hideki Nagaoka homered in the first for the Swallows, and Hidetaka… Read more...

Top Statlines

Taichi Yamano YAK 7ip 3h 1er 8k
Shunsuke Sasaki YOM 3/5 1hr 2rbi
Haruto Inoue YOM 6ip 4h 2er 3bb 3k

Forecasting

ELO Probability YOM 57.6%

Projected Score YOM 5 YAK 4