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SoftBank 4, at Lotte 3

Friday, October 2, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

94-50-3 · W3 · #1 (1446 ELO +1)

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 70

Chiba Lotte Marines

64-77-3 · L2 · #9 (1273 ELO -1)

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 90

ZOZO Marine Stadium

Attendance: 29,460

Yamamoto’s three-run homer in ninth lifts Hawks past Marines

CHIBA (Interstat) — Yuudai Yamamoto hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the ninth inning, and the SoftBank Hawks rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Lotte Marines on Friday evening at ZOZO Marine Stadium. The Hawks trailed by two runs entering their final at-bat. Kensuke Kondoh walked leading off the ninth. Ryoya Kurihara followed with a single to shallow right. Tatsuru Yanagimachi grounded out to second, advancing the runners to first and third with one out. Yamamoto then homered to left, scoring three runs and giving SoftBank the lead. The homer capped a late comeback against a Lotte bullpen… Read more...

Top Statlines

Haruya Tanaka CLM 6ip 5h 1er 2bb 1k
Yugo Maeda SOF 7.2ip 9h 3er 1bb 9k
Yuudai Yamamoto SOF 1/4 1hr 3rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability SOF 70.1%

Projected Score SOF 9 CLM 5