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Saturday’s games
Giants 12, Swallows 0: At Tokyo Ugly Dome, two of Yomiuri’s new Giants continued to mash with Takuya Kai getting three hits for the second straight day, including a home run, while Trey Cabbage homered for the second straight game and drove in four as Yuji Akahoshi and four relievers combined on a three-hit shutout. Yakult starter Kojiro Yoshimura allowed seven runs despite facing just 12 batters.
Marines 5, Hawks 4, 10 innings: At Fukuoka (Softbank Subsidiary Name) Dome, Hiromi Oka‘s three-run fifth-inning homer gave newcomer Austin Voth a 3-1 lead that he surrendered on Yuki Yanagita‘s three-run blast in the home half. Neftali Soto tied it for Lotte with a sixth-inning homer, and Oka put the Marines ahead in the 10th with a two-out RBI single and Naoya Masuda worked a 1-2-3 10th for the save.
Continue reading NPB news: March 29, 2025