Roki Sasaki, Leo Cedeno, and Munetaka Murakami, Hideto Asamura, rookie Shota Morishita and Hiroshima’s Masato Morishita all delivered the goods on an electrifying night in Japanese pro baseball on Tuesday.
Carp 2, Giants 0: At Tokyo Dome, Masato Morishita (5-2) threw a 109-pitch shutout, and Kaito Kozono hit a two-run fifth-inning homer off Yomiuri’s Foster Griffin (4-5).
Japan had two nail-biting 1-0 games decided by late solo homers, Gregory Polanco was a Marine hero again, Leo Cedeno was the big Buffaloes basher, unheralded Carp rookie Shohei Mori had a game as did Eagles rookie Masaru Fuji, who was the benefactor of a big day from Hideto Asamura.
Deniers 1, Giants 0, 12 innings: At Tokyo Dome, Shugo Maki’s 14th home run broke up this scoreless game in the 12th, and Yasuaki Yamasaki earned his 20th save.
