NPB

Seibu 2, at Nippon-Ham 4

Thursday, September 17, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Saitama Seibu Lions

80-63-4 · L3 · #4 (1326 ELO -2)

0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 21

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

81-66-3 · L3 · #2 (1357 ELO +2)

0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 80

Es Con Field Hokkaido · Kitahiroshima, Japan

Attendance: 29,723

Tatsu, Fighters top Lions behind Nomura homer, strong bullpen

SAPPORO (Interstat) — Kota Tatsu struck out seven over seven innings, Yuki Nomura had two hits and drove in two runs, and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Saitama Seibu Lions 4-2 on Thursday night at Sapporo Dome. Tatsu allowed two hits and two earned runs while walking two. He improved to 5-7 on the season. The Fighters moved to 73-57-3. The Lions dropped to 73-56-4. Attendance was 29,723. The game took 2 hours, 38 minutes. Kota Tatsu entered off a difficult outing. On Sept. 9 at SoftBank, he lasted 3 2/3 innings and allowed seven hits and four… Read more...

Top Statlines

Kota Tatsu HOK 7ip 2h 2er 2bb 7k
Shinya Sugai SEI 5ip 6h 3er 5k
Taisei Yanagawa HOK 1ip 0h 0er

Forecasting

ELO Probability HOK 59.1%

Spread HOK -1.5

Projected Score SEI 1 HOK 0

Over/Under 7.5 (Under)