Oka finds rare form, goes distance for 1st time
Tomokazu Oka found a form he has never had in Japan before. And it led to a tidy 7-1 win over the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium on Saturday.
Oka (3-4) needed only 110 pitches to polish off his first complete game here, tossing a two-hitter with two walks and one lonely strikeout to snap Yokohama’s five-game skid.
Terrmel Sledge hit his 20th homer, a three-run shot in a six-run sixth inning, to pace the BayStars.
Yuki Yoshimura had two hits, including his third homer to back Oka, who pitched in the majors for several clubs.
GIANTS 5, CARP 0
Wirfin Obispo tossed seven scoreless innings and Alex Ramirez hit his CL-best-tying 33rd homer to lead Yomiuri past Hiroshima at The Zoom.
Obispo (2-2), brought up earlier in the day, allowed five hits and four walks, while fanning one.
Yoshiyuki Kamei and Ryota Wakiya each hit two-run homers for the Giants.
DRAGONS 5, TIGERS 5, 12 INNINGS
Ryo Asai’s two-out, broken-bat infield RBI single in the ninth got Hanshin even with Chunichi and neither team could break the deadlock after 12 innings.
Craig Brazell also hit his 33rd homer.
PACIFIC LEAGUE
FIGHTERS 9, LIONS 7
Eiichi Koyano had four great at-bats, finishing with two homers and a double with four RBIs to lead Nippon Ham past Seibu at Obihiro in Hokkaido.
The Fighters handed Seibu ace Hideaki Wakui (11-6) his worst beating as a pro, pounding him for 12 hits -- three homers – and eight runs in 5.1 innings.
BUFFALOES 8, EAGLES 5
Takahiro T.O. Okada homered twice and drove in four, and Aarom Baldiris, Tomotaka Sakaguchi and Hisao Arakane all had two hits and an RBI as Orix won its season-high seventh straight.
HAWKS 14, MARINES 5
Munenori Kawasaki had four hits and two RBIs and Toshiya Sugiuchi (13-4) allowed one earned run over seven innings to tie for the league lead in wins as SoftBank smothered host Lotte.
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