YOKOHAMA (Interstat) — The SoftBank Hawks defeated the Yokohama BayStars 4-3 in 10 innings on Sunday in the evening in Game 2 of their playoff series at Yokohama Stadium. The Hawks lead the series 2-0. SoftBank improved to 96-50-3, while Yokohama fell to 78-71-3. SoftBank had nine hits, and Yokohama had 10. Darwinzon Hernandez earned the win, Hiromu Ise took the loss, and Kazuki Sugiyama recorded his 38th save. Livan Moinelo started for SoftBank and allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings, walking one and striking out eight. Shuto Ogata pitched 4 1/3 innings for Yokohama, yielding two earned runs on five hits with six strikeouts. Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh hit a three-run homer for Yokohama, but SoftBank answered with Hotaka Yamakawa’s tying solo shot in the ninth and Yuto Kawamura’s go-ahead solo homer in the 10th. Tomoya Masaki also homered for SoftBank, and Yudai Shoji drove in a run with a double. Attendance was 33,432, and the game took 3 hours, 36 minutes.