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’Stars shoot down Dragons’ streak

Kazuki Yoshimi started with the burden of 47 consecutive scoreless innings on his shoulders and it took three frames before the weight was too much.
The Chunichi Dragons hurler allowed four runs on 10 hits over six innings but the Dragons still won, coming from behind to take down Yokohama 5-4 at Nagoya Dome on Wednesday. Chunichi’s scoreless string ended at a Central League-record 50 innings.
The third-place Dragons took a 3-0 lead the home half of the first inning, but Yokohama newcomer Brett Harper went down and got an offspeed pitch, smacking it over the wall in right for his sixth homer to cut it to 3-2.
The shot left Chunichi tied with the 1966 Yomiuri Giants for the longest scoreless streak in CL history, falling two innings short of the NPB record.
The Dragons moved a season-high seven games over .500.

SWALLOWS 4, GIANTS 3
Josh Whitesell belted a two-run homer to give Yakult the lead, and Kazuhiro Hatakeyama’s RBI double off the wall in left in the sixth was the difference as the Swallows beat Yomiuri at the Big Egg.
Lim Chang Yang worked the final two innings for his 20th save.
The front-running Giants still lead the Hanshin Tigers by a half-game.

CARP 7, TIGERS 4
Takahiro Iwamoto had three hits, including a homer, and drove in two runs as Hiroshima beat Hanshin at Koshien Stadium.
The Carp snapped a five-game skid to Hanshin, while halting the Tigers’ four-game winning streak.

PACIFIC LEAGUE
HAWKS 6, LIONS 4. 11 INNINGS
Roberto Petagine slugged a two-run walk-off homer to send SoftBank to its seven straight victory, its longest winning streak in three years.
It’s the first time the Hawks have swept a pair of three-game series in six years. The Lions lost their fourth straight.

MARINES 6, FIGHTERS 2
Tadahito Iguchi had three hits, including a solo blast, and Saburo Omura had a two-run shot to lead Lotte past Nippon Ham at Sapporo Dome.

BUFFALOES 5, EAGLES 4
Hirotoshi Kitagawa’s two-run homer in the sixth inning put Orix ahead and the bullpen held off Rakuten at Kyocera Dome Osaka.