NAGOYA (Interstat) — Seiya Hosokawa went 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs, lifting the Chunichi Dragons over the Hiroshima Toyo Carp 8-5 on Sunday evening, Sept. 20, 2026, at Nagoya Dome. Hosokawa hit a three-run homer and a solo shot. Chunichi also got home runs from Takaya Ishikawa and Asahi Hanada, while Hiroki Fukunaga doubled in two runs. Hiroshima hit three homers, including Shota Suekane’s solo drive, Tai Sasaki’s solo shot and Elehuris Montero’s two-run pinch-hit blast. The Dragons finished with 11 hits, while the Carp had six. Hiroshima scored in four innings; Chunichi scored in five. Yudai Ohno earned the win, allowing four earned runs over 6 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. Hiroto Mori, Seiya Yoshida and Shinya Matsuyama combined for scoreless relief for Chunichi. Matsuyama recorded his 30th save. Freddy Tarnok, Seiya Akagi and Takeru Sugita each pitched scoreless relief for Hiroshima. Shohei Mori took the loss. Chunichi improved to 58-76-2, while Hiroshima fell to 53-73-4. Attendance was 36,699; game time was 2:52.