Overview

• SoftBank advanced with four wins including the league champion’s advantage after taking Game 6 at Mizuho PayPay Dome.
• Akira Kawase delivered the go-ahead hit with two outs and the bases loaded in the fifth inning.
• Starter Liván Moinelo allowed one run over seven innings before the bullpen of Matsumoto and Sugiyama closed it out.
• Nippon-Ham starter Kota Tatsu held firm into the sixth with two runs allowed but took the loss, and the lineup was hitless after the fifth.
• The series stretched to a sixth game for the first time since 2014 after SoftBank’s 3–0 lead (with the advantage) was erased by three straight Fighters wins, and the Hawks now face Hanshin in the Japan Series.