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SoftBank 4, at Lotte 2

Thursday, August 27, 2026 · Final

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Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

94-50-3 · W3 · #1 (1446 ELO +2)

0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100

Chiba Lotte Marines

64-77-3 · L2 · #9 (1273 ELO -2)

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 101

Chiba Marine Stadium · Chiba, Japan

Attendance: 27,565

Hawks Ride Big Second Inning to Victory Over Marines

CHIBA (Interstat) — Taiga Kamichatani allowed two earned runs over six innings and the SoftBank Hawks defeated the Lotte Marines 4-2 on Thursday night at Chiba Marine Stadium. Kamichatani (8-1) struck out nine while scattering seven hits. Kazuki Sugiyama earned his 25th save with a scoreless ninth inning. SoftBank did all its damage in the second inning, scoring four runs. Yudai Shoji doubled to drive in the first run, Ukyo Shuto singled home another and Ryoya Kurihara added a two-run single. Lotte answered with a run in the bottom of the second on Hisanori Yasuda’s RBI double, then cut the… Read more...

Top Statlines

Taiga Kamichatani SOF 6ip 7h 2er 9k
Kazuki Sugiyama SOF 1ip 0h 0er 1k
Koki Yamaguchi CLM 2/4 1hr 1rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability SOF 64.9%

Projected Score SOF 5 CLM 4