◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026 Softbank Hawks 2-4 Yakult (June 12, Mizuho PayPay)

Softbank Hawks suffered their third loss in the interleague series. With Seibu Lions, who were in second place before the game, win match, SoftBank has lost their top spot with two games remaining.

In the first inning, Masaki connected with a fastball from Yakult 's Yoshimura, hitting a solo home run over the right field fence for the first time in two consecutive games. It was his first hitter home Home Run. Having taken the lead early in the game, they scored a second run in the second inning when Umino successfully executed squeeze with one out and a runner on third base.

pitch Starting pitcher Jun Maeda pitched a perfect game through five innings, allowing no runner. He pitched effectively, using his fastball with a slow breaking ball and striking out struck out five times. However, in the sixth inning, with one out and bases loaded on base, he gave up a two-run single to right field by Iwata, allowing the tying run, and was replaced by Kamichatani.

After that, with one out and the bases loaded, Shiomi sacrifice fly to center field, and with two outs and runners on first and second, Masuda hit a timely single to left field, resulting in a total of four runs scored against them. The game was turned around.

After that, they were unable to break down Yakult 's winning pattern, and their winning streak came to an end at five.