NPB

Nippon-Ham 9, at Seibu 1

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

81-66-3 · L3 · #2 (1357 ELO +4)

0 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 9 100

Saitama Seibu Lions

80-63-4 · L3 · #4 (1326 ELO -4)

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 62

Seibu Dome · Tokorozawa, Japan

Attendance: 26,682

Tatsu tosses complete game as Fighters beat Lions 9‑1

TOKOROZAWA, Japan (Interstat) — Kota Tatsu tossed a complete-game one-run gem, leading the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters past the Saitama Seibu Lions 9-1 on Wednesday night at Seibu Dome. Tatsu allowed six hits, struck out 10 and improved to 4-6. The Fighters, now 64-53-1, took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Kotaro Kiyomiya singled in a run. Seibu tied it in the bottom half on Alexander Canario’s solo homer. Nippon-Ham surged ahead in the fourth, loading the bases before Kengo Yoshida tripled to clear them. The Fighters broke it open in the sixth on Ruan Ohtsuka’s two-run homer and… Read more...

Top Statlines

Kota Tatsu HOK 9ip 6h 1er 1bb 10k
Kotaro Kiyomiya HOK 2/5 1hr 4rbi
Ruan Ohtsuka HOK 1/3 1hr 2rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability HOK 52.4%

Projected Score SEI 6 HOK 3