Japan’s twelve Nippon Professional Baseball teams continued their interleague play into June. Six games were played last Wednesday, including a 3-2 come-from-behind win for the Central League’s Hanshin Tigers over the Rakuten Eagles of the Pacific League. The Tigers scored three times in the eighth and held on for the win.
In other games Wednesday, the Yomiuri Giants and Lotte Marines played to their second consecutive curfew-ended tie, this one a 1-1 deadlock. The Giants lead the Central League with a 29-15-6 record. The 26-20 Yakult Swallows lost ground to Yomiuri by losing to Seibu, 8-1, as the Lions’ Hiram Bocachica broke a 1-1 game wide open with a grand slam.
The Pacific League-leading Nippon Ham Fighters took a 7-2 win over the Hiroshima Carp. Hichori Morimoto ended a 2-2 tie with an eighth-inning RBI double as the Fighters went to 29-19-1, two games ahead of 27-21-2 Softbank. The Hawks kept pace with the leaders by shutting out Yokohama, 3-0, for their tenth win in eleven games.
Friday, June 5, 2009
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