Ayumu Ishikawa pitched out of a second-inning jam earlier than the Chiba Lotte Marines broke the sport open in an 8-2 win over the Pacific League-leading Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday.
The win at Kyocera Dome Osaka lifted the second-place Marines to inside 1½-games of first place. The groups full their three-game set on Friday with a pair of marquee rookies set to take the mound — Orix lefty Hiroya Miyagi and Lotte right-hander Roki Sasaki.
A Brandon Laird single plated a run within the first for the guests, however Ishikawa confronted bother within the second, when a pair of one-out singles introduced veteran left-handed slugger Takahiro Okada to the plate.
The final time Okada confronted Ishikawa, on Sept. 28, he hit a decisive three-run dwelling run within the Buffaloes’ 5-2 win in Chiba.
Ishikawa (5-3) struck him out this time en path to a scoreless inning and his teammates knocked Buffaloes starter Sachiya Yamasaki (8-10) out in a four-run third.
“T-san (Okada) hit me effectively final time, so I’m glad I did job in opposition to him this time,” Ishikawa mentioned.
Ishikawa’s bid for a shutout ended with two outs within the ninth, with Yutaro Sugimoto’s PL-leading thirty first dwelling run, with a person on.
Eagles 2, Hawks 1
At Sendai’s Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi, Takero Okajima’s RBI single off SoftBank nearer Yuito Mori (1-2) stored third-place Tohoku Rakuten two video games again of Lotte and moved them six video games away from the fourth-place Hawks.
Fighters 10, Lions 3
At Sapporo Dome, Robbie Erlin (2-2) allowed an unearned run over 5 innings as last-place Nippon Ham routed Seibu.
CENTRAL LEAGUE
Swallows 3, Dragons 1
At Vantelin Dome Nagoya, Munetaka Murakami snapped a tie recreation along with his Central League-leading thirty ninth dwelling run as league-leading Yakult beat Chunichi to maneuver 2½ video games forward of the second-place Hanshin Tigers.
Tigers 2, Giants 2
At Tokyo Dome, reserve Tigers catcher Seishiro Sakamoto tied the sport twice, with an RBI single and a solo dwelling run, in Hanshin’s tie with rival Yomiuri.
BayStars 9, Carp 3
At Hiroshima’s Mazda Stadium, Hiroki Tokoda (5-4) allowed seven runs over 4⅔ innings, blowing an early lead in a loss to DeNA. The loss snapped the fourth-place Carp’s six-game win streak and dropped them 5½ video games behind Yomiuri within the struggle for the CL’s remaining playoff spot.
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