Tigers scratch out win vs. Dragons
The Hanshin Tigers didn’t kill the ball, but the Central League’s front-runners knocked out the Chunichi Dragons nonetheless.
Kenji Jojima’s solo shot in the fourth inning broke a tie and closed out the scoring on a 3-2 win at Koshien Stadium as the Tigers sent Chunichi away licking their wounds.
The Tigers parlayed their 12 hits -- 11 of them singles -- into their third straight victory following the All-Star break.
Yasutomo Kubo (9-4) allowed two first-inning runs before setting down. He went 7.2 innings, allowing five hits with two walk and 12 punchouts.
Kyuji Fujikawa came on in the eighth inning to escape trouble and closed it out in the ninth for his 18th save.
Chunichi starter Kazuki Yoshimi (8-6) got pounded for 11 hits and three runs in seven innings to suffer the loss.
The Tigers kept their one-game lead in the CL with the win.
GIANTS 8, CARP 5
Edgar Gonzalez belted a go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning to lead Yomiuri to a comeback win over Hiroshima at The Zoom.
The Giants battered CL wins, ERA and strikeout leader Kenta Maeda (11-5), touching him up for all eight runs. Hayato Sakamoto followed Gonzalez with a solo shot, his 19th, to close the scoring and saddle Maeda with a career-worst-tying eight runs allowed.
PACIFIC LEAGUE
HAWKS 2, MARINES 0
Hiroki Yamada, a guy who started the season with a triple-digit number -- meaning he wasn’t a first-team member at camp -- blanked host Lotte over five innings to earn his second pro win.
Yamada (2-2), who was on the developmental squad until signing a contract on March 17, celebrated his 22nd birthday by fanning seven, while walking four and surrendering four hits.
BUFFALOES 6, EAGLES 4
Tomotaka Sakaguchi’s two-run single in a four-run sixth helped Orix come back to top Rakuten at The Kleenex Box to extend the fourth-place Buffaloes’ winning streak to six games.
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