Yuto Kawamura hits a go-ahead home run in his first Japan Series at-bat! The Hawks win their second consecutive extra inning game.

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Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' Yuto Kawamura (c) Persol Pacific League TV
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' Yuto Kawamura (c) Persol Pacific League TV

On October 25, in the second game of the "SMBC Japan Series 2026" between Yokohama DeNA and Fukuoka Softbank held in Yokohama Stadium, Fukuoka Softbank won Game extra inning 4-3.

Fukuoka Softbank took the lead in the top of the third inning when Tomoya Masaki hit a solo Home Run. In the top of the fourth, with two outs, Yudai Yamamoto reached base with a hit, allowing Yudai Shoji to hit his second consecutive timely doble and add one run.

Starting pitcher Moinelo pitcher put runners on second and third with one out and runners on second and third in the bottom of the second inning due to consecutive hits by Shion Matsuo and Tomoya Inoue, but he got through the struck out with no runs. He continued to pitch well, scoring struck out at key moments, and retired the mound with 91 pitches over 7 innings, 5 hit, 1 Walk, 8 strike out no runs.

In the bottom of the eighth, Yuki Matsumoto pitcher gave up a go-ahead three-run homer by Yoshitomo Tsutsugo with one out and runners on first and second. However, the lineup quickly tied the game with a pinch hitter Hotaka Yamakawa Home Run out of the park in the top of the ninth. In the bottom of the ninth, fourth pitcher Hernandez pitcher faced a crisis with one out and runners on first and second, but walk-off did not allow it, and the game went into the extra inning series.

In the top of the 10th, Yuto Kawamura came in as a pinch runner and entered his first Japan Series at-bat with one out, and succeeded in taking the lead with a Home Run to the back screen. Immediately after, in the bottom of the 10th, Kazuki Sugiyama pitcher closed out, and the team returned to Fukuoka with two straight wins.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
H 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3

H Moinelo-Yuki Matsumoto-Gota Suzuki-○Hernandez-S Kazuki Sugiyama
D Shuto Ogata-Masaki Iwata-Takehiro Nakagawa-Teruki Yoshino-Naoki Wakamatsu-Reynolds-●Hiromu Ise

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Yuto Kawamura hits a go-ahead home run in his first Japan Series at-bat! The Hawks win their second consecutive extra inning game.