OSAKA (Interstat) — Ryoji Kuribayashi pitched 7 2/3 strong innings and Shogo Sakakura drove in three runs as the Hiroshima Carp defeated the Hanshin Tigers 5-1 on Saturday evening, Sept. 19, 2026, at Osaka Dome. Kuribayashi allowed one earned run on seven hits with one walk and six strikeouts to earn the win, improving to 7-6. Shoki Murakami took the loss for Hanshin, falling to 10-9 after yielding one earned run on four hits with five strikeouts over five innings. Keisuke Sato opened the scoring with a solo home run to center in the first inning. Hanshin answered in the bottom half when Teruaki Sato lifted a sacrifice fly to left. Sakakura put Hiroshima ahead with a sacrifice fly in the fourth, and Tai Sasaki added an RBI single in the sixth. Sakakura then singled to shallow right in the eighth, driving in two more runs. Hiroshima finished with eight hits and Hanshin had seven. The Carp improved to 53-72-4, while the Tigers dropped to 71-58-1. Attendance at Osaka Dome was 42,645, and the game lasted 3 hours, 3 minutes.