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Kuri holds off Giants
Allen Kuri escaped a one-out bases-loaded jam on a questionable called third strike against Zelous Wheeler and allowed a run over eight innings in the Hiroshima Carp’s 4-3 win over the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday.
Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano (13-1) took the loss as he failed to set a record by winning his 14th straight decision to start the season.
Kuri (6-5) allowed six hits, four with one out in the sixth, and one walk while striking out five. For the second straight start, Sugan struggled with his command. He allowed four runs, three earned, over six innings. He gave up seven hits, walked two, and struck out five.
Ryuhei Matsuyama doubled and scored the game’s first run in the second, and singled Hiroshima’s second run, in the Carp’s three-run sixth.
Yoshihiro Maru and Wheeler hit back-to-back homers to open the ninth against closer Geronimo Franzua, who notched his 14th save.
In his postgame hero interview, the interviewer, supplied by the Giants asked Kuri about his game and included his thoughts about his opponent’s winning streak.
- Q: You were aware of Sugano and his record weren’t you?
- Kuri: “I approach games with a challenger’s mentality, and really only focus on one batter at a time.”
- Q: It must have been a big thing for you and for your team to end Sugano’s record win streak, wasn’t it?
- Kuri: “I really wasn’t aware of his record, and so I wasn’t really conscious of it. Thinking about it afterward, I’m glad we won.”
Kyoda ignites Dragons’ fire
No. 2 hitter Yota Kyoda doubled, walked and singled to ignite three run-scoring innings as Zoilo Almonte and Dayan Viciedo drove in two runs apiece in the Chunichi Dragons’ 4-2 win over the Hanshin Tigers at Nagoya Dome.
Tigers cleanup hitter Yusuke Oyama took over the CL home run lead with a two-run blast in the first off Akiyoshi Katsuno (4-4), but the Dragons tied it in the home half against tough lefty Haruto Takahashi (4-4).
Viciedo doubled in the tying run in the first and Almonte doubled in the go-ahead run in the third. Viciedo’s second RBI double made it 4-2 in the fifth.
Daisuke Sobue faced Oyama with two outs and the tying runs on base in the eighth but struck him out to end the inning, and Raidel Martinez recorded his 19th save.
BayStars wallop Swallows
The DeNA BayStars responded to another article ripping manager Alex Ramirez with a three-home run game in an 8-1 win over the Yakult Swallows at Tokyo’s Jingu Stadium.
Tyler Austin doubled off the wall and scored in the sixth against Swallows starter Hirotoshi Takanashi (3-5) on Keita Sano’s 17th home run. Toshiro Miyazaki hit his 14th for the BayStars and Yamato Maeda his third.
Shinichi Onuki (9-4) allowed a run over six innings. He allowed five hits and struck out eight without a walk.
Kasaya outduels Yamamoto
Unheralded lefty Shunsuke Kasaya (3-3) allowed a hit and two walks over five scoreless innings, allowing the SoftBank Hawks to scrape out a 2-0 win against the Orix Buffaloes at Osaka’s Kyocera Dome.
Orix ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto (8-4) allowed one run on five hits and two walks over eight innings while striking out seven. No. 9 hitter Hikaru Kawase and light-hitting leadoff man Ukyo Shuto put good swings on a pair of straight fastballs in the third inning to account for the Hawks’ first run.
Rei Takahashi, Sho Iwasaki, Livan Moinelo and Yuito Mori each worked one scoreless inning to close it out.
Marines battle back
Shuhei Fukuda opened the game with a big play in center field and singled with one out in the ninth and scored the winning run to end it as Seiya Inoue doubled him home to lift the Lotte Marines to a 4-3 walk-off win over the Rakuten Eagles at Chiba’s Zozo Marine Stadium.
Eagles ace Takahiro Norimoto allowed two runs over seven innings, but Kazuhisa Makita let in the tying run in the eighth and closer Alan Busenitz (1-2) took the loss in the ninth.
The Eagles took a one-run lead in the first when Daichi Suzuki homered off starter Ayumu Ishikawa after Fukuda made a diving catch in the gap to rob rookie Hiroto Kobukata of a leadoff hit.
Takahashi, Garrett blank Fighters
Kona Takahashi allowed three walks and four hits over eight innings and Reed Garrett completed the five-hit shutout as the Seibu Lions scored early and often in a 7-0 win over the Nippon Ham Fighters at Sapporo Dome.
Takahashi improved to 7-8, while Fighters starter Naoyuki Uwasawa (8-5) allowed five runs over six innings.
Active roster moves 10/13/2020
Deactivated players can be re-activated from 10/23
Central League
Activated
| Giants | IF | 00 | Daiki Yoshikawa |
| Giants | IF | 68 | Kazuya Katsuki |
Dectivated
| Giants | IF | 0 | Daiki Masuda |
| Giants | OF | 88 | Gerardo Parra |
Pacific League
Activated
| Hawks | C | 62 | Takashi Umino |
| Marines | OF | 10 | Shohei Kato |
Dectivated
None
Starting pitchers for Oct. 14, 2020
Pacific League
Fighters vs Lions: Sapporo Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Drew VerHagen (6-5, 3.78) vs Shota Hamaya (2-1, 5.97)
Marines vs Eagles: Zozo Marine Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Chen Wei-yin (-) vs Hideaki Wakui (10-3, 3.06)
Buffaloes vs Hawks: Kyocera Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Sachiya Yamasaki (4-4, 4.98) vs Kodai Senga (7-6, 2.82)
Central League
Giants vs Carp: Tokyo Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Yuki Takahashi (0-0, 3.38) vs Atsushi Endo (3-4, 4.29)
Swallows vs BayStars: Jingu Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Masanori Ishikawa (1-6, 4.55) vs Yuya Sakamoto (3-1, 5.83)
Dragons vs Tigers: Nagoya Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Yudai Ono (8-5, 2.07) vs Koyo Aoyagi (6-7, 4.10)
