YOKOHAMA (Interstat) — Shugo Maki hit a grand slam and drove in four runs, and the Yokohama BayStars beat the visiting Yakult Swallows 5-3 on Saturday evening, Sept. 19, 2026, at Yokohama Stadium. Maki went 1-for-3. Yakult scored once in the third and twice in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead, but Yokohama scored four times in the sixth. Yakult had four hits, while Yokohama had eight. Hirotoshi Takanashi started for Yakult and allowed one earned run on five hits over five innings, walking three and striking out six. Shuto Ogata started for Yokohama and gave up two earned runs on four hits over five innings, walking three and striking out one. Masaki Iwata earned the win in relief, improving to 2-0. Noboru Shimizu took the loss, falling to 2-3. Sean Reynolds recorded his 16th save. Yuto Nakamura struck out three in a scoreless inning, Jesus Liranzo and Yuki Ishihara also worked scoreless relief, and Yokohama’s Masumi Hamachi and Naoki Wakamatsu each pitched a scoreless inning. Yakult used two sacrifice flies. Attendance was 32,744. The game took 3 hours, 9 minutes. Yakult is now 57-73-2; Yokohama is 66-64-3.