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Nippon-Ham 2, at SoftBank 6

Friday, October 16, 2026 · Final · Climax Series Game 3 (SOF leads 3-0)

Climax Series Game 3 (SOF leads 3-0) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

81-66-3 · L3 · #2 (1357 ELO -3)

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 80

Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

94-50-3 · W3 · #1 (1446 ELO +3)

0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 6 111

Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka

Attendance: 39,894

Maeda, Masaki power Hawks past Fighters in playoff Game 3

FUKUOKA (Interstat) — Yugo Maeda allowed one earned run over five innings, Tomoya Masaki hit a go-ahead two-run homer, and the SoftBank Hawks beat the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 6-2 on Friday evening in Game 3 of their playoff series at Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka. Maeda scattered five hits, walked one and struck out three. The Hawks’ bullpen followed with four scoreless innings, and SoftBank outhit Nippon-Ham 11-8. Takayuki Katoh took the loss after giving up three earned runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings. Attendance was 39,894, and the game lasted 3 hours, 2 minutes. The win gave SoftBank… Read more...

Top Statlines

Yugo Maeda SOF 5ip 5h 1er 1bb 3k
Tomoya Masaki SOF 1/5 1hr 2rbi
Yuudai Yamamoto SOF 2/4 1rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability SOF 64.4%

Spread SOF -1.5

Projected Score HOK 8 SOF 7

Money Line SOF -190/HOK +138

Over/Under 6.5 (Over)