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Nippon-Ham 4, at Seibu 1

Monday, October 12, 2026 · Final · First Stage Game 1 (HOK leads 1-0)

First Stage Game 1 (HOK leads 1-0) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

81-66-3 · L3 · #2 (1357 ELO +3)

0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 81

Saitama Seibu Lions

80-63-4 · L3 · #4 (1326 ELO -3)

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 51

Belluna Dome

Attendance: 27,571

Nippon-Ham Fighters take playoff opener from Seibu Lions

TOKOROZAWA (Interstat) — Hiromi Itoh pitched five strong innings, Chusei Mannami homered and the Nippon-Ham Fighters beat the Seibu Lions 4-1 on Monday afternoon at Belluna Dome in Game 1 of their playoff series. The Fighters lead the series 1-0. Nippon-Ham improved to 80-63-3, while Seibu fell to 80-62-4. The announced attendance was 27,571, and the game lasted 3 hours, 19 minutes. Itoh earned the win after allowing one earned run on three hits with one walk and five strikeouts. He is 11-10. Natsuki Takeuchi took the loss for Seibu, giving up three earned runs on six hits with five… Read more...

Top Statlines

Hiromi Itoh HOK 5ip 3h 1er 1bb 5k
Natsuki Takeuchi SEI 5ip 6h 3er 5k
Yi-Lei Sun HOK 2ip 1h 0er 1bb 4k

Forecasting

ELO Probability HOK 50.9%

Projected Score HOK 5 SEI 8