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Darvish gives Nippon Ham taste of victory

The Nippon Ham Fighters have gone from Pacific League champions to a team that wins about once a week.
Yu Darvish became the first pitcher to notch double digits in strikeouts in the first four games of the season, fanning 12 while scattering four hits and no walks as Nippon Ham beat up on SoftBank 12-1 at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome.
Kensuke Tanaka had three hits and two RBIs, and one of Yoshio Itoi’s three hits was a homer to back Darvish (2-1).

LIONS 8, MARINES 5
Dee Brown had a three-run double and Takumi Kuriyama had two hits and drove in a pair as Seibu took down Lotte at Chiba Marine Stadium.
Lotte’s Tadahito Iguchi notched his 1,500th combined career hit between Japan and the big leagues in a losing cause.

EAGLES 6, BUFFALOES 1
Hisashi Iwakuma (1-2) finally looked like himself again, going seven innings and limiting visiting Orix to a run on five hits and two walks while fanning two to earn his first win off the season.

CENTRAL LEAGUE

GIANTS 11, DRAGONS 3
Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1-1) went 7.2 innings to earn his first victory as a starter in Yomiuri’s drubbing of the Dragons at Tokyo Dome.
Yamaguchi, a set-up man turned starter, allowed five hits and three walks with three strikeouts. Michihiro Ogasawara homered for the second time in as many days, and drove in three as the Giants moved into a tie at the top with Chunichi.

CARP 7, BAYSTARS 3
Jeff Fiorentino had three hits and two RBIs, and Kenta Kurihara drove in two with a single as Hiroshima downed host Yokohama.

TIGERS 5, SWALLOWS 1
Kenji Jojima blasted a first-inning grand slam to back Keiji Uezono (1-0), who blanked Yakult over 6.1 innings to win at Koshien Stadium.