Rookie Yutaro Watanabe threw six scoreless innings, and Takeya Nakamura launched a two-run dwelling run for the Seibu Lions, who survived a late rally to beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 6-5 on Sunday.
Watanabe (4-4) exited with the fifth-place Lions in command 6-0 at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi as he outdueled opposing starter Masahiro Tanaka (4-8), earlier than a three-run blast from Tsuyoshi Yamasaki introduced the Eagles again into the competition within the seventh.
A two-run rally within the remaining body threatened to undo Watanabe’s work earlier than Ryosuke Moriwaki changed Reed Garret with two outs and the bases loaded. The righty coaxed a flyout from Eigoro Mogi to finish the sport and forestall the third-place Eagles from extending their lead over the fourth-place Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
The 21-year-old Watanabe fanned 5, permitting 4 hits and 4 walks.
Nakamura chased Tanaka, a former MLB All-Star along with his two-run huge fly that capped a four-run rally within the fifth. Tanaka gave up 5 earned runs on eight hits and two walks whereas putting out 5 in 4⅔ innings.
Seiji Kawagoe put the Lions on the board with an RBI single within the fourth, whereas an RBI double from Sosuke Genda and a Takumi Kuriyama sacrifice fly made it 3-0 earlier than Nakamura stepped to the plate within the fifth.
The fitting-handed slugger obtained a 1-2 fastball over the center of the plate and launched it excessive over left middle for his 18th homer. He went 2-for-4 to tempo the Lions’ offense together with Genda, who completed 3-for-4 with a run and two RBIs.
Fighters 4, Buffaloes 3
At Sapporo Dome, Naoyuki Uwasawa (12-6) allowed three runs over six innings as Hokkaido Nippon Ham edged PL-leading Orix.
Hawks at Marines — ppd.
CENTRAL LEAGUE
Swallows 7, BayStars 3
At Yokohama Stadium, Tetsuto Yamada drove in 5 runs, together with with a three-run homer within the ninth, as Central League-leading Yakult beat DeNA.
Carp 4, Tigers 2
At Nishinomiya’s Koshien Stadium, the Hiroshima Carp scored all their runs by solo homers, together with two from Seiya Suzuki.
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