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NPB news: May 17, 2022

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Tuesday was come-from-behind day in the Kanto, while Shota Imanaga threw a shutout in his second game of the season, while the Buffaloes got the same result by emptying the bullpen, Masahiro Tanaka had a tough time, and two pitchers from Okinawa put on a show in Naha.

I’m going to keep it short tonight, though, so let’s going.

Swallows 2, Tigers 1: At Jingu Stadium, Suguru Iwazaki (1-1) came within two outs of making Kento Itohara’s fifth-inning home run, his first of the season, stand up as the game winner, but Yakult happened and Hanshin suffered its fifth walk-off loss of the season.

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NPB news: May 1, 2022

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We had an unusual intentional walk, some big home runs, a big game by another 20-year-old rookie pitcher out of the same first round that gave us Hiroya Miyagi, Roki Sasaki and Yasunobu Okugawa.

The Giants have lost their captain for the time being after Hayato Sakamoto stumbled on the turf Saturday and was deactivated due to medial collateral ligament damage in his right knee.

Seibu’s Wu Nien-ting, and Lotte’s Leonys Martin were also deactivated, Wu after testing positive for COVID-19, Martin, ostensibly because he wasn’t hitting.

On that note, shall we get started?

Lions 2, Buffaloes 1: At Osaka Dome, Seibu snuffed out a pair of late rallies, and Hotaka Yamakawa blasted his league-leading ninth home run off Jesse Biddle (3-1) in the ninth inning.

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