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sports editor for a wire service in Tokyo

NPB news: Aug. 17, 2023

Tsuyoshi Wada was awfully good, but not enough to overcome Tomoya Mori, Hiroya Miyagi and the Buffaloes. Masahiro Tanaka was outpitched by up-and-coming Seibu lefty Chihiro Sumida, Hiroki Tokoda had one of his better games, and the Marines found themselves firing blanks for the second straight night.

Thursday’s games

Buffaloes 2, Hawks 1: At Osaka UFO Dome, Tsuyoshi Wada (6-5) allowed a run on four hits over six innings without a walk, while Hiroya Miyagi (8-4), pitched out of trouble after walking three and hitting one over six innings.

Kenta Imamiya doubled and scored in the first on a single by Yuki Yanagita, who was thrown out on the bases, while Tomoya Noguchi singled to open the Buffaloes’ first and scored on a Tomoya Mori sacrifice fly.

The Hawks left three on in the top of the fourth, and Mori snapped the tie with his 13th home run, leading off the bottom of the inning. Three Buffaloes relievers followed Miyagi with Yoshihisa Hirano getting his 20th save.

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