FUKUOKA (Interstat) — Naoyuki Uwasawa pitched six innings and the SoftBank Hawks held on to beat the visiting Nippon-Ham Fighters 5-4 on Wednesday night, Sept. 9, 2026, at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. Uwasawa allowed three earned runs on five hits with eight strikeouts. Kazuki Sugiyama earned his 29th save with a scoreless ninth, striking out two. Ryoya Kurihara homered and drove in two runs for SoftBank, while Kensuke Kondoh went 2 for 5 with a home run and one RBI. Kota Tatsu took the loss for Nippon-Ham. Nippon-Ham scored twice in the first inning and added single runs in the second and eighth. SoftBank scored once in the first, three times in the second and once in the third. The Fighters collected eight hits, and the Hawks finished with 11. Ren Fukushima pitched two scoreless relief innings for Nippon-Ham. The game drew 39,894 and lasted 3 hours, 5 minutes. SoftBank improved to 77-46-3, while Nippon-Ham fell to 71-55-2. The Hawks continue the series against the Fighters on Thursday.