Final
2026-08-1417:00Vantelin Dome
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Chunichi Dragons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Pitcher–Batter Matchups
Right-handed
Howard, Spencer
ERA
1.93
WHIP
1.24
W-L
1-2
IP
23.1
K/9
10.8
BB/9
3.1
Opponent AVG
Lvs L AVG0.275
Rvs R AVG0.140
Last 10 outings
| Date | IP | ER | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 109 |
| 2026-07-31 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| 2026-04-04 | 3.1 | 4 | 4 | 84 |
| 2026-03-28 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 97 |
Chunichi Dragons 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 |
| R | 1 | Fukunaga, Hiroki#7 | 🔥 | 2B | 0.283 | 0.720 | 114 | 0.436 | 1.015 | 0.347 | 0.242 | - | - | - | - |
| L | 2 | Muramatsu, Kaito#5 | SS | 0.253 | 0.718 | 113 | 0.333 | 0.750 | 0.266 | 0.247 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | 3 | Hosokawa, Seiya#55 | 🔥 | LF | 0.233 | 0.804 | 137 | 0.286 | 0.961 | 0.250 | 0.224 | - | - | - | - |
| R | 4 | Sano, Miguel#23 | ❄️ | 1B | 0.211 | 0.760 | 121 | 0.118 | 0.312 | 0.205 | 0.215 | - | - | - | - |
| L | 5 | Uebayashi, Seiji#51 | 🔥 | CF | 0.667 | 2.417 | 590 | 0.667 | 2.417 | - | 0.667 | - | - | - | - |
| R | 6 | Ishikawa, Takaya#25 | 3B | 0.261 | 0.764 | 124 | 0.229 | 0.684 | 0.250 | 0.266 | - | - | - | - | |
| L | 7 | Itayama, Yutaro#63 | RF | 0.241 | 0.738 | 116 | 0.188 | 0.622 | 0.208 | 0.247 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | 8 | Ishii, Yuta#9 | C | 0.267 | 0.737 | 116 | 0.324 | 0.834 | 0.305 | 0.246 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | 9 | Takahashi, Hiroto#19 | P | 0.222 | 0.541 | 61 | 0.250 | 0.607 | 0.000 | 0.333 | - | - | - | - | |
Bench / Reserve Batters9 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 |
| R | - | Abe, Toshiki#48 | 0.275 | 0.802 | 137 | 0.286 | 0.732 | 0.217 | 0.321 | - | - | - | - | ||
| L | 9 | Higuchi, Seishu#97 | 2B | 0.250 | 0.708 | 109 | 0.250 | 0.708 | 0.000 | 0.400 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | - | Kinoshita, Takuya#35 | 0.270 | 0.642 | 89 | 0.222 | 0.572 | 0.143 | 0.333 | - | - | - | - | ||
| L | - | Takahashi, Shuhei#3 | ❄️ | 0.253 | 0.621 | 86 | 0.143 | 0.357 | 0.273 | 0.250 | - | - | - | - | |
| L | 8 | Okabayashi, Yuki#1 | PH | 0.230 | 0.593 | 76 | 0.194 | 0.491 | 0.205 | 0.248 | - | - | - | - | |
| L | 9 | Vosler, Jason#24 | PH | 0.184 | 0.548 | 61 | 0.100 | 0.500 | 0.226 | 0.168 | - | - | - | - | |
| L | - | Tsuchida, Ryuku#45 | 0.154 | 0.540 | 59 | 0.143 | 0.393 | 0.000 | 0.182 | - | - | - | - | ||
| R | 8 | Katoh, Takuma#49 | ❄️ | C | 0.146 | 0.393 | 19 | 0.107 | 0.245 | 0.188 | 0.125 | - | - | - | - |
| R | - | Fukumoto, Yuma#40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||