Tuesday’s games
CL
- Carp 7, Swallows 3
- Giants 4, Tigers 0
PL
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Okugawa arrives as Fujikawa leaves
On a night of beginnings and endings in Japan’s Central League, one of the young prizes in last year’s draft made his debut, while one of the game’s icons took his last bow.
At Koshien Stadium outside Osaka, reliever Kyuji Fujikawa took the mound for the final time, the 40-year-old finishing his career fourth on Japan’s career saves list with 243. Fujikawa, who recaptured the closer role last summer and started the season as the last man out of the pen, struck out two batters in the ninth.
The Giants, who have nothing to play for, won 4-0 as five pitchers combined on a one-hitter.
At Tokyo’s Jingu Stadium, 19-year-old Yasunobu Okugawa allowed five runs on nine hits in two-plus innings in a 7-3 loss to the Hiroshima Carp. Okugawa, one of the stars of last year’s summer national high school championship, was named by three teams as their top pick in the 2019 draft.
His season has been marred since the spring by a series of minor arm issues, and he appeared in just seven Eastern League games.
Active roster moves 11/10/2020
Deactivated players can be re-activated from 11/20
Central League
Activated
| Tigers | P | 92 | Kazuo Ito |
| Carp | IF | 96 | Alejandro Mejia |
| Carp | OF | 50 | Hiroki Takahashi |
Dectivated
None
Pacific League
Activated
None
Dectivated
| Marines | C | 55 | Toru Hosokawa |
Starting pitchers for Nov. 10, 2020
Central League
Tigers vs BayStars: Koshien Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Shintaro Fujinami (1-6, 4.29) vs Shinichi Onuki (10-6, 2.70)
Carp vs Dragons: Mazda Stadium 6 pm, 5 am EDT
Allen Kuri (8-5, 2.96) vs Yuya Yanagi (5-7, 3.77)
