On Tuesday, we learned that Hiroshima’s Makoto Aduwa is one composed, cool dude, and on a day of great importance for Japan, some really, really true words from his skipper, Takahiro Arai, along with other games and comments.

Tuesday’s games:

Carp 5, Giants 0: At Tokyo Ugly Dome, Makoto Aduwa (6-3) threw a three-hitter for his first career shutout. The son of a Nigerian father and a Japanese former volleyball player, the 196-centimeter Aduwa, whose career has been plagued by injury, showed little emotion when the final out was recorded and afterward excelled at putting things in perspective.

“More than anything, today is a special day for Hiroshima and for Japan,” he said, referring to the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. “Once the game started, however, that’s where my focus was.”

Shogo Akiyama doubled to lead off the game and scored on a Kaito Kozono single off Iori Yamasaki. The Carp added two runs in the fifth on a Ryosuke Kikuchi leadoff walk, a Kota Hayashi single, and a comebacker from Akiyama that Yamasaki couldn’t field that loaded the bases. Takayoshi Noma fouled off five two-strike pitches before lining Yamasaki’s 11th offering past first for a two-run single.

The Carp then started going deep as Shogo Sakakura and Shota Suekane, in his first game since he was hurt on June 22, opened the sixth inning with back-to-back home runs.

In the sixth inning, Aduwa fell behind Takumi Oshiro with two outs and the bases loaded, but got him to ground out.

“I focused on the little things,” Aduwa said. “If I did give up a hit there, it wasn’t like I was going to die or anything.”

When asked if he was always too cool for school and showing so little emotion, Aduwa said, “It’s a team game. It’s not all about me.”

Carp manager Takahiro Arai added, “Aug. 6 is a special day. I’m so thankful that we are able to play baseball in peace.”