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Tuesday’s games
CL
- Giants vs BayStars
- Dragons vs Swallows
- Carp vs Tigers
PL
- Fighters vs Eagles
- Lions vs Hawks
- Marines vs Buffaloes
Other news
Tigers’ Takahashi deals out Giants
Lefty Haruto Takahashi (4-3) struck out 14 over the distance in the Hanshin Tigers’ 6-1 win over the Yomiuri Giants on Monday to earn a split of their four-game series at Koshien Stadium.
Despite giving both Justin Bour and Jerry Sands the night off, the Tigers took the attack to the visitors with 13 hits and four walks. Yusuke Oyama went 3-for-4 with a homer, a walk, three runs, and two RBIs.
He led off the fourth with a single and scored the tying run from first when Fumihito Haraguchi followed with a double. With two outs in the fifth, Yoshio Itoi singled and scored on Oyama’s 24th home run, tying him with Giants cleanup hitter Kazuma Okamoto for the league lead.
Giants starter Toshiki Sakurai (2-3) lasted five innings.
Imanaga likely out for season
DeNA BayStars Opening Day starting pitcher Shota Imanaga has had surgery to clean out his left shoulder, the team said Monday. He is expected to miss two to three months.
The 27-year-old southpaw is 5-3 this season with a 3.23 ERA. He was deactivated on Aug. 16 with discomfort in the shoulder.
“I decided to have shoulder surgery after a really difficult deliberation,” he said in a Japanese language comment released by the team.
Active roster moves 10/5/2020
Deactivated players can be re-activated from 10/15
Central League
Activated
| Giants | P | 35 | Toshiki Sakurai |
| Tigers | P | 93 | Masaki Ishii |
Dectivated
| Tigers | P | 91 | Yuya Yokoyama |
| Carp | P | 43 | Sotaro Shimauchi |
| Carp | IF | 96 | Alejandro Mejia |
| Dragons | P | 38 | Takahiro Matsuba |
| Swallows | P | 28 | Daiki Yoshida |
Pacific League
Activated
None
Dectivated
| Lions | OF | 68 | Junichiro Kishi |
| Eagles | P | 72 | Shun Ikeda |
| Eagles | IF | 36 | Yasuhito Uchida |
| Marines | P | 46 | Daiki Iwashita |
| Fighters | P | 28 | Ryusei Kawano |
| Buffaloes | P | 13 | Hiroya Miyagi |
Starting pitchers for Oct. 5, 2020
Pacific League
Fighters vs Eagles: Sapporo Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Naoyuki Uwasawa (7-4, 2.37) vs Takahiro Norimoto (5-4, 3.67)
Lions vs Hawks: MetLife Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Kona Takahashi (5-8, 4.52) vs Kodai Senga (7-5, 3.01)
Marines vs Buffaloes: Zozo Marine Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Ayumu Ishikawa (7-3, 4.20) vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-3, 2.43)
Central League
Giants vs BayStars: Tokyo Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Tomoyuki Sugano (12-0, 1.76) vs Yuya Sakamoto (3-0, 5.13)
Dragons vs Swallows: Nagoya Dome 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Akiyoshi Katsuno (2-4, 4.46) vs Yasuhiro Ogawa (9-4, 3.70)
Carp vs Tigers: Mazda Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Allen Kuri (5-5, 3.97) vs Koyo Aoyagi (6-7, 4.29)
