The Swallows gained a game in the Central League on both the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers on Tuesday thanks to three home runs and a fine pitching performance from rookie Yasunobu Okugawa. Thirty-nine-year-old Norichika Aoki drove in all of Yakult’s runs with a grand slam, while 44-year-old Kosuke Fukudome’s homer sank the Giants, and Seiya Suzuki’s 30th home run beat the Tigers.
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NPB wrap 9-25-21
Saturday in NPB was Yoshinobu Yamamoto day, and he delivered, but the BIG pitching performances came from Hanshin Tigers lefty Haruto Takahashi, who threw his first career shutout in a big game against the Giants at Tokyo Dome and between Chunichi’s Yariel Rodriguez and Yakult’s Haruto Takahashi down the road at Jingu Stadium.
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