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NPB news: Sept. 16, 2022

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We entered the weekend with the Central League-leading Yakult Swallows having a magic number of 10 and Munetaka Murakami on fire as they went into their game against the Chunichi Dragons, who have won 12 of their first 21 games.

In the Pacific League, the SoftBank Hawks are in a similar position, with Yuki Yanagita on fire, and having won five straight.

The games:

Hawks 7, Eagles 3: At Miyagi Stadium, Yuki Yanagita hit a three-run first-inning home run off Hideaki Wakui (4-2) his 20th of the season and his second in two days. Former closer Yuito Mori worked three innings and allowed a solo homer to Rakuten catcher Hikaru Ota in the third. Daichi Suzuki made it a one-run game in the fourth when he doubled in Hideto Asamura off Keisuke Izumi.

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NPB news: Sept. 3, 2022

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Saturday’s games were preceded by the news that Yu Darvish joined Hideo Nomo as the second Japanese pitcher with 1,000 strikeouts in both MLB and Japan, Masahiro Tanaka, who needs nine more in the States to join them, started against last week’s no-hit wonder, Cody Ponce.

In Fukuoka, the Hawks sent inexperienced Yugo Bando against the Lions in their PL showdown, while Shintaro Fujinami started against the Giants to see if the former phenom could keep his groove going. In Chiba, like the Marines didn’t have enough trouble as it is after losing 1-0 behind Roki Sasaki on Friday, they got to face Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

At the day job, we were alerted to the fact that if Munetaka Murakami PASSES Hideki Matsui’s best home run total, more salivating stories would be forthcoming, because why not?

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