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Seibu pitcher Kaima Taira celebrates with teammates Tomoya Mori after getting the save against Softbank on Monday in Osaka. | KYODO
Kyodo Jun 29, 2021
Wataru Matsumoto held the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a run over six innings and Kaima Taira tied a Nippon Professional Baseball record of 38 straight games without giving up a run as the Saitama Seibu Lions won 5-2 in the Pacific League on Monday.
Masataka Yoshida turned Masahiro Tanaka's impressive start on its head with a come-from-behind three-run homer that lifted the Orix Buffaloes to a 4-3 win
Baseball: Fighters Uwasawa outshines Eagles Tanaka again in PL
May 8, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Naoyuki Uwasawa of the Nippon Ham Fighters pitches against the Rakuten Eagles in their Pacific League game at Sapporo Dome on May 8, 2021. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) Naoyuki Uwasawa allowed a run over seven innings to beat former New York Yankees star Masahiro Tanaka for the second time this season in the Nippon Ham Fighters 4-1 Pacific League victory over the Rakuten Eagles on Saturday. The win was the Fighters second straight since a four-game hiatus after testing revealed a cluster of coronavirus infections the previous Saturday. Due to the infections, the Fighters were unable to practice for much of the past week and had to call up a number of reserves from their minor league team.