CHIBA (Interstat) — Alexander Canario homered twice and Chihiro Sumida pitched seven solid innings as the Saitama Seibu Lions beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-2 on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in the evening at Chiba Marine Stadium. Seibu finished with eight hits, same as Lotte. Canario opened the scoring with a first-inning home run to right-center and added a solo shot in the third. Seiya Watanabe hit a solo homer in the seventh. Lotte answered in the bottom of the seventh when Neftali Soto launched a two-run homer to left. Sumida allowed two earned runs on seven hits with five strikeouts over seven innings to earn the win and improve to 10-7. Shuta Takano took the loss after giving up three earned runs on seven hits with one walk and seven strikeouts in seven innings, falling to 3-4. Hiroshi Kaino recorded his 21st save with a scoreless ninth, striking out two. The game took 2 hours, 40 minutes and drew 25,516 fans. Seibu improved to 74-56-4, while Lotte dropped to 59-68-3.