NPB

Yakult 0, at Hanshin 5

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 · Final

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Tokyo Yakult Swallows

61-80-2 · W1 · #12 (1230 ELO -2)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40

Hanshin Tigers

79-66-2 · L4 · #4 (1326 ELO +2)

0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 122

Hanshin Koshien Stadium

Attendance: 42,563

Haruto Takahashi, Tigers blank Swallows behind pair of home runs

NISHINOMIYA (Interstat) — Haruto Takahashi pitched eight scoreless innings, and the Hanshin Tigers backed him with two home runs in a 5-0 victory over the Yakult Swallows on Wednesday at Hanshin Koshien Stadium. Takahashi allowed four hits and struck out six. Taisei Kudo worked a perfect ninth with two strikeouts to finish the shutout. Hanshin collected 12 hits, while Yakult had four hits and two sacrifice bunts. The Tigers improved to 77-60-1. The Swallows fell to 59-78-2. The game took 2 hours, 41 minutes and drew 42,563. Takahashi, who improved to 16-3, was in control throughout. He kept the Swallows… Read more...

Top Statlines

Haruto Takahashi HAN 8ip 4h 0er 6k
Yasunobu Okugawa YAK 6ip 7h 2er 2bb 2k
Teruaki Sato HAN 1/2 1hr 2rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability HAN 68.5%

Projected Score YAK 8 HAN 7