Buffaloes edge Lions in ninth inning 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/
The Buffaloes Yutaro Sugimoto (right) and Takahiro Okada celebrate after their win over the Lions in Osaka on Thursday. | KYODO
KYODO Apr 23, 2021
Takahiro Okada and Yutaro Sugimoto delivered big hits to propel the Orix Buffaloes to a four-run ninth inning and a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Seibu Lions in the Pacific League on Thursday.
Trailing 6-3 after the Lions’ Aito Takeda cleared the bases with a tie-breaking three-run eighth-inning double at Osaka’s Kyocera Dome, Orix came back to score four times against Seibu closer Tatsushi Masuda (0-1) in the ninth.
Yasunobu Okugawa earns first win as Swallows beat Carp 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/
KYODO Apr 9, 2021
Hard-throwing rookie Yasunobu Okugawa overcame a four-run first inning and a long rain delay to earn his first pro victory as the Yakult Swallows came from behind to beat the Hiroshima Carp 11-7 in the Central League on Thursday.
The 19-year-old Okugawa (1-1), one of the stars of Japan’s 2019 pro draft, allowed five-straight hits in the top of the first at Tokyo’s Jingu Stadium to put his team in a four-run hole, but one his teammates quickly erased.