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Orix 3, at Nippon-Ham 5

Monday, September 21, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Orix Buffaloes

65-76-2 · L5 · #8 (1276 ELO -2)

0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 60

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

81-66-3 · L3 · #2 (1357 ELO +2)

2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 101

Es Con Field Hokkaido · Kitahiroshima, Japan

Attendance: 34,564

Nippon-Ham holds off Orix as Katoh earns 12th win

SAPPORO (Interstat) — The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters survived a three-run home run and a late Orix push to beat the Orix Buffaloes 5-3 in an afternoon game Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, at Sapporo Dome. The game drew 34,564 fans and took 3 hours, 18 minutes. Nippon-Ham improved to 74-59-3, while Orix fell to 63-71-2. Takayuki Katoh earned the win for Nippon-Ham, improving to 12-3. Katoh worked six innings, allowed three hits and three earned runs, walked two and struck out five. Taisuke Yamaoka took the loss for Orix and dropped to 0-1. Katoh’s only major mistake was a three-run homer… Read more...

Top Statlines

Takayuki Katoh HOK 6ip 3h 3er 2bb 5k
Tomoya Noguchi ORX 2/4 1hr 3rbi
Taisei Yanagawa HOK 1ip 0h 0er

Forecasting

ELO Probability HOK 64.0%

Spread HOK -1.5

Projected Score HOK 1 ORX 0

Over/Under 7.5 (Over)