Giants lose Guts, game ...

Guts goes down, Giants follow

Takahiro Okada (T.O.) had an RBI single in a three-run first inning and smacked a three-run homer in the second inning to stake Orix to a big lead, and the Buffaloes hung on to down the Yomiuri Giants 7-3 on Sunday at Tokyo Dome.
The Giants had to go without No. 3 man Michihiro Ogasawara, who left the game holding his right arm after getting plunked in the third inning. Nicknamed Guts in part for his toughness, the 14-year veteran was taken to a Tokyo hospital for X-rays.
Yomiuri hadn’t lost a game in which Alex Ramirez had homered since Sept. 11 -- a string of 20 games. Ramirez cracked his Central League-high-tying 15th shot, but it was too late and far too little.
It was a career-high in RBIs for T.O.
Tenth-year southpaw Shogo Yamamoto (3-2), who allowed a run on seven hits, no walks and a hit batter, earned his first career win over the Giants.

EAGLES 8, DRAGONS 2
Former Chunichi slugger Takeshi Yamasaki went deep twice to become the 19th player to hit longballs against every team (except Rakuten) as the Eagles ripped the Dragons at Nagoya Dome.
Yamasaki hit a solo shot in the second and added a bases-empty blast (his 10th) in the ninth, while Teppei Tsuchiya hit a solo homer in the fifth.
The offense helped Masahiro Tanaka (6-3) earn the win, Rakuten’s fourth straight vs. Chunichi in interleague action.
Tanaka went seven innings, allowing six hits and two walks with four punchouts.