BayStars come up big late
Well it figures. A slugfest one day, scrounging for runs the next.
Neither team could get a timely hit, and the BayStars were no-hit through five innings before Shuichi Murata doubled home a run and Terrmel Sledge singled him home in the sixth for a 2-1 victory at Jingu Stadium on Sunday.
Yokohama skipper Takao Obana, a former pitcher, went back to his closer a day after a blown save and probably can’t wait to get off that roller coaster.
Shun Yamaguchi wriggled out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the ninth with a popup and a flyout to record his second save. He had given up a two-run walk-off homer the previous day, a 13-12 loss.
But Obana handed him the ball and the hard-throwing righty helped the BayStars stop a three-game skid. If not for Hiroshima’s awful 1-7 start, Yokohama would be in last place in the Central League
GIANTS 10, CARP 3
Edgar Gonzalez hit an RBI double in the fourth inning after Michihiro Ogasawara tied the score with a two-run shot, and rookie Hisayoshi Chono slugged his first longball as Yomiuri beat up on lowly Hiroshima at the Zoom.
The Carp have lost five straight at home this season.
DRAGONS 6, TIGERS 1
Junki Ito (1-0) worked out of first-inning trouble to hold Hanshin to a run on four hits and four walks over eight innings, and Tony Blanco’s tiebreaking single in the eighth sparked a five-run rally as Chunichi won its fourth straight.
PACIFIC LEAGUE
MARINES 10, BUFFALOES 4
Saburo Omura had two hits and three RBIs, and Tadahito Iguchi went 4-for-5, including his career 1,000th hit in Japan, as red-hot Lotte swept Orix at Kyocera Dome and won its fourth straight.
LIONS 4, FIGHTERS 0
Kazuyuki Hoashi (1-1) scattered seven hits and a walk with eight punchouts in recording his career ninth shoutout as Seibu blanked Nippon Ham at Sapporo Dome. Dee Brown homered twice to power the offense.
HAWKS 3, EAGLES 2
Nobuhiko Matsuzaka’s RBI single in the sixth turned out to be the difference as SoftBank edged Rakuten at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi.
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