HIROSHIMA (Interstat)—The Yomiuri Giants will visit the Hiroshima Toyo Carp on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium in Hiroshima, Japan. The game-time forecast calls for about 75 degrees Fahrenheit.

Yomiuri enters at 73-59-2. Hiroshima is 53-74-4. The Giants have won the last three meetings at Hiroshima from Sept. 4-6: 3-1 on Sept. 4, 10-5 in 11 innings on Sept. 5 and 4-0 on Sept. 6. Earlier, Hiroshima won 3-2 on Aug. 23, while Yomiuri took 5-0 and 2-0 decisions on Aug. 22 and Aug. 21. Yomiuri also won 11-7 on Aug. 6 and 4-0 on Aug. 5, and Hiroshima claimed a 4-3, 12-inning win on Aug. 4. Hiroshima won 6-1 on July 22.

Shinnosuke Ogasawara is a player to watch for Yomiuri. On Sept. 20 against Yakult, he earned a win after allowing two earned runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts. On Sept. 13 at Yokohama, he took a loss after four innings with four hits, four earned runs, one walk and three strikeouts. On Sept. 6 at Hiroshima, he worked nine innings, allowed four hits and no earned runs with three walks and four strikeouts in a 4-0 win. On Aug. 30 at Hanshin, he allowed three earned runs on four hits over four innings with one walk and two strikeouts in a 3-1 loss.

Atsushi Endoh is a player to watch for Hiroshima. He pitched one scoreless inning with one strikeout Sept. 21 at Chunichi and Sept. 18 at Hanshin. On Sept. 15 at Yakult, he allowed one hit and no earned runs with two walks and two strikeouts in one inning. On Sept. 13 at Yakult, he allowed one earned run on two hits in one inning with one strikeout. On Sept. 12 against Yokohama, he gave up three earned runs on three hits in one inning with two strikeouts.

Yomiuri’s most recent game was a 3-2 win over Yakult on Sept. 20. Ogasawara pitched 5 1/3 innings, Raidel Martinez added a scoreless inning with two strikeouts and Kenshin Hotta worked 2/3 scoreless innings with one walk. Hiroshima lost 10-0 at Chunichi on Sept. 21. Endoh pitched a scoreless inning, Takeru Sugita allowed one earned run in one inning with three walks and one strikeout, and Yuta Saitoh gave up four earned runs on nine hits over five innings with two walks and two strikeouts.

The teams continue their series Wednesday and Thursday, with Hiroshima visiting Yomiuri on Sept. 29.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Yomiuri to win 5-0. Interstat’s ELO system gives Yomiuri a 58.8 percent probability to win.