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Lotte 4, at SoftBank 5

Saturday, September 12, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Chiba Lotte Marines

64-77-3 · L2 · #9 (1273 ELO -1)

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 90

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

94-50-3 · W3 · #1 (1446 ELO +1)

2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100

Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome · Fukuoka, Japan

Attendance: 39,894

SoftBank Holds Off Lotte Rally in Afternoon Victory

FUKUOKA (Interstat) — Jackson Rutledge allowed one earned run over five innings, and the SoftBank Hawks withstood a late Lotte Marines charge for a 5-4 victory Saturday afternoon, Sept. 12, 2026, at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. The game drew an announced crowd of 39,894 and took 2 hours, 58 minutes. SoftBank finished with 10 hits, while Lotte had nine. Rutledge, the winning pitcher, improved to 1-0 after yielding five hits and striking out four. Kazuya Ojima took the loss for Lotte, falling to 5-9 after he worked seven innings and allowed five earned runs on 10 hits with five walks and… Read more...

Top Statlines

Jackson Rutledge SOF 5ip 5h 1er 4k
Kensuke Kondoh SOF 2/3 1hr 2rbi
Kyota Fujiwara CLM 2/5 1hr 1rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability SOF 71.6%

Projected Score SOF 5 CLM 4