Final
2026-07-3117:00Jingu Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshin Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Pitcher–Batter Matchups
Right-handed
Saiki, Hiroto
ERA
2.78
WHIP
0.98
W-L
7-3
IP
100.1
K/9
11.4
BB/9
2.0
Opponent AVG
Lvs L AVG0.213
Rvs R AVG0.166
Last 10 outings
| Date | IP | ER | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 130 |
| 2026-07-17 | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 130 |
| 2026-07-08 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| 2026-06-30 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 98 |
| 2026-06-23 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2026-06-09 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 50 |
| 2026-05-31 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 101 |
| 2026-05-24 | 6.1 | 3 | 3 | 100 |
| 2026-05-17 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 110 |
| 2026-05-10 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Starting Lineup
| Batter | Season | Last 10 | Pitcher Splits | Last 5 SeasonsiBatter-versus-pitcher results from the current and previous four seasons, before this game. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bats | # | Batter | Status | Pos | AVG | OPS | OPS+ | AVG | OPS | vs LHP | vs RHP | AVG | AB | H | HR |
| L | 1 | Nagaoka, Hideki#7 | SS | 0.253 | 0.646 | 92 | 0.237 | 0.713 | 0.172 | 0.288 | 0.352 | 54 | 19 | 0 | |
| R | 2 | Uchiyama, Souma#3 | 2B | 0.221 | 0.693 | 104 | 0.256 | 0.771 | 0.184 | 0.235 | 0.400 | 15 | 6 | 1 | |
| L | 3 | Maruyama, Kazuya#4 | ❄️ | RF | 0.337 | 0.834 | 144 | 0.161 | 0.422 | 0.263 | 0.354 | 0.289 | 38 | 11 | 1 |
| R | 4 | Koga, Yudai#2 | C | 0.269 | 0.645 | 90 | 0.259 | 0.612 | 0.240 | 0.278 | 0.308 | 13 | 4 | 0 | |
| R | 5 | Akahane, Yoshihiro#00 | 1B | 0.233 | 0.661 | 93 | 0.194 | 0.633 | 0.216 | 0.240 | 0.100 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| L | 6 | Takeoka, Ryusei#60 | 3B | 0.232 | 0.680 | 100 | 0.231 | 0.632 | 0.381 | 0.194 | 0.250 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| R | 7 | Higuma, Montell#90 | ❄️ | CF | 0.322 | 0.891 | 160 | 0.211 | 0.618 | 0.385 | 0.273 | 0.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| R | 8 | Okugawa, Yasunobu#18 | ❄️ | P | 0.037 | 0.074 | -78 | 0.043 | 0.087 | 0.000 | 0.042 | 0.333 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| L | 9 | Iwata, Yukihiro#64 | ❄️ | LF | 0.239 | 0.601 | 77 | 0.138 | 0.374 | 0.246 | 0.237 | 0.071 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
Bench / Reserve Batters8 players
| Batter | Season | Last 10 | Pitcher Splits | Last 5 SeasonsiBatter-versus-pitcher results from the current and previous four seasons, before this game. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bats | # | Batter | Status | Pos | AVG | OPS | OPS+ | AVG | OPS | vs LHP | vs RHP | AVG | AB | H | HR |
| L | 6 | Miyamoto, Takeshi#10 | 🔥 | 1B | 0.348 | 0.922 | 170 | 0.364 | 1.189 | 0.250 | 0.368 | 0.267 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| R | 8 | Santana, Domingo#25 | PH | 0.252 | 0.870 | 155 | 0.212 | 0.672 | 0.260 | 0.249 | 0.257 | 35 | 9 | 1 | |
| R | 8 | Masuda, Shu#63 | PH | 0.289 | 0.779 | 130 | 0.250 | 0.689 | 0.265 | 0.300 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| R | 8 | Yamanobe, Kakeru#37 | PR | 0.222 | 0.708 | 105 | 0.222 | 0.708 | 0.000 | 0.308 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| R | - | Shiomi, Yasutaka#9 | 0.191 | 0.575 | 67 | 0.188 | 0.548 | 0.185 | 0.195 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R | - | Suzuki, Kyo#65 | 0.198 | 0.526 | 57 | 0.167 | 0.389 | 0.179 | 0.208 | - | - | - | - | ||
| R | - | Ishii, Takumi#38 | 🔥 | 0.152 | 0.525 | 56 | 0.200 | 0.683 | 0.150 | 0.154 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | - | Matsumoto, Naoki#32 | ❄️ | 0.167 | 0.333 | -1 | 0.167 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |