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Sunday, October 22, 1978

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Orix 0 Yakult 4

Hiromu Matsuoka YAK · 9ip h 0er 2k

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Nippon-Ham 2 SoftBank 6

Yugo Maeda SOF · 5ip 5h 1er 1bb 3k

Yokohama 4 Hanshin 0

Hiromi Katayama YOK · 7ip 2h 0er 8k

Nippon-Ham 81-66-3 L3 #2 SoftBank 94-50-3 W3 #1

SOF 64.4% · SOF -1.5 · Proj HOK 6 SOF 8 · +175/-245

Yokohama 78-69-3 W9 #3 Hanshin 79-66-2 L4 #4

YOK 50.7% · HAN -1.5 · Proj YOK 8 HAN 4 · +135/-187

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1 SoftBank 1446
2 Nippon-Ham 1357
3 Yokohama 1351
4 Seibu 1326
4 Hanshin 1326

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Ryoya Kurihara (42 HR, 122 RBI) and Teruaki Sato (39 HR, 106 RBI) were the only NPB players with 35+ home runs and 100+ RBI in 2026; Kurihara led NPB in both categories.

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