Pitching duel between Buffaloes, Eagles ends in scoreless tie Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Buffaloes starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches against the Eagles at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on Wednesday. | KYODO
KYODO Apr 29, 2021
Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles starter Takahiro Norimoto went toe-to-toe Wednesday in a Pacific League pitching duel that ended with five total hits and no runs.
The scoreless tie came a day after the two sides opened their series with a 5-5 stalemate at Kyocera Dome Osaka, where play is taking place behind closed doors during the coronavirus state of emergency through May 11.
Lotte s Ayumu Ishikawa hands Rakuten first back-to-back defeats Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Lotte s Ayumu Ishikawa pitches against Rakuten on Thursday in Sendai. | KYODO
Kyodo Apr 14, 2021
Ayumu Ishikawa held the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a run over seven innings in his first start of the season as the Chiba Lotte Marines won 6-2 on Tuesday, handing the first back-to-back loss of the season to the Pacific League-leading club.
Ishikawa (1-0) gave up two-out doubles to Hiroaki Shimauchi and Hideto Asamura in the first inning to hand the home team the lead. But the right-hander picked up, striking out five without a walk on seven hits in an 87-pitch effort before leaving the mound with a 3-1 lead.