Indy Baseball News

(Nippon Professional) Masahiro Yamamoto pitched seven innings of shut-out ball behind an 18-hit break-out day to lead the Dragons to a 10-0 shutout over the struggling Giants. Masahiko Morino capped off a 5 run eigth with a two run homer and 4 Dragons had 3 or more hits on the day (including one time Baltimore Orioles draft pick Alex Ochoa).

Hiroshima jumped out to an early 5-0 lead on Yakult and never looked back. Swallows' starter Katsutoshi Ishido was knocked out after just 1.2 innings of work and Carp starter Kan Otake pitched a two-hitter and struck out eight in seven innings. The Carp won 5-3 to end Yakult's 5 game winning streak.

Atsushi Fujimoto's two run double in the "dream scenario" (bottom 9, two on & two out) helped the Tigers come from behind for an exciting 2-1 win over the BayStars. Jeff Williams' earned the run moments after giving up back to back doubles to break-up the dual shutouts. Kazuhiro Sasaki blew a second save opportunity this season.

Julio Zuleta's three run homer lead the Hawks to a 4-1 win over Seibu. Matching Chiba's 5-1 win over Nippon Ham helped Fukuoka stay one game back in Pacific League play. Hiroyuki Kobayashi struck out eight and pitched perfect through six to earn his second win in three decisions.

Takeshi Hidaka's game winning RBI in the sixth helped Orix send the expansion Eagles to their sixth loss in five games.

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