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NPB news: July 6, 2023

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Right field appeared to be the sun field at Yokohama Stadium on Friday night, while Takayuki Kishi and Shumpeita Yamashita locked up in a battle of the ages.

Thursday’s games

Marines 7, Lions 6, 10 innings : At Tokyo Dome, Lotte’s Hisanori Yasuda, who tied the game 2-2 in the first with an RBI single, walked off the Lions with a two-out sayonara single.

Koki Yamaguchi‘s two-out two-run homer made it 4-3 Lotte in the third. Seibu’s Shohei Suzuki, who singled in a run and scored in the first, singled with one out in the fifth and scored the tying run on a David MacKinnon infield single.

The Lions jumped in front for the second time in the seventh when Takeya Nakamura doubled with two outs and scored on a Junichiro Kishi single. Ryusei Sato homered in the eighth to make it 6-4 Lions, only for Gregory Polanco to retie it with a two-run homer in the park that was his home last season with the Yomiuri Giants.

How bout some El Coffee? Gregory Polanco ties it up.

Shogo Nakamura singled, pinch-runner Koshiro Wada stole second and went to third on a throwing error. Lions manager Kazuo Matsui argued unsuccessfully that Polanco, who struck out on the play, interfered with the throw as he followed through with his swing.

Lions center fielder Kishi dutifully tried to catch Lotte in a Merkle’s boner by throwing to first to try for a force out, but Yasuda ran it out for the win.

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NPB news: July 4, 2023

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Japan was no country for old pitchers Tuesday, when home runs were flying. And after one epic butt-kicking pitcher who managed a rare and unfortunate feet under his former skipper, repeated it with his new one, Gregory Polanco managed a true walk-off in a game when it became clear the Seibu Lions have not been doing their homework.

Also, Leandro “Leo” Cedeno, hit his first homer in Japan, and it was a pip.

Tuesday’s games

Buffaloes 9, Eagles 7: At Tokyo Dome, a week after he won a duel with 42-year-old Tsuyoshi Wada at the same venue, 34-year-old Masahiro Tanaka got a caning at the hands of Yuma Tongu, who hit a first-inning grand slam and a fourth-inning two-run shot for his 10th homer of the season. Leandro Cedeno, who drew a bases-loaded walk in the first, got what they’ll call a “memorial arch,” his first Japan home run off Tanaka in the second. Tanaka (4-5) allowed nine runs on 11 hits and two walks over four innings.

Yuma Tongu’s second home run of the game.

The nine runs were the most Tanaka has allowed in a Japan game, after allowing seven runs in four-plus innings against the Buffaloes on May 23.

“I’ll do what I have to do while figuring out the cause of that,” Tanaka said.

Hideto Asamura made the scoreline look a bit better with a third-inning RBI single and a fourth-inning grand slam.

Hideto Asamura’s grand slam.
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