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The Hiroshima Carp exploded for six runs over the final four innings to beat the struggling Yokohama BayStars 7-2 in Central League action on Wednesday. Kenta Kurihara hit a pair of two-run homers to break the game open late at Yokohama Stadium, while starting pitcher Bryan Bullington tossed six strong innings to notch his tenth victory of the season.
Kurihara’s first homer, with one out in the sixth inning off starter Tomokazu Ohka (0-4), erased a 2-1 deficit. Yokohama had gone ahead in the third when Tatsuya Shimozono drew a bases loaded walk, followed by an RBI single to left by Takehiro Ishikawa that barely eluded a diving Carp third baseman Brian Barden. Kurihama connected again in the eighth with two outs out off reliever Shintaro Ejiri, and the Carp added a pair of runs in the ninth to send the last-place BayStars to their fifth loss in seven games.
Elsewhere in the Central League, Yomiuri beat Hanshin 3-2 in dramatic fashion on a sayonara home run by light-hitting infielder Shigeyuki Furuki, while Chunichi and Yakult played to a 1-1 tie. In the Pacific League, Nippon Ham beat Lotte 5-2, Seibu defeated Rakuten 3-2, and Softbank edged Orix 4-3.
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Smorkian
JT, the new NPB news is appreciates but it'd be really nice to see summaries of all games - there's no more than 6 a day.
Gen at Yakyu Baka manages to crank out complete game summaries with box scores, detailed scoring summaries, and sometimes commentary for every game each night.
http://yakyubaka.com/category/npb/game-summaries/
nath
Agreed, Smorkian. We can get MLB summaries and stats anywhere. I'd rather see NPB news here on JT.
I can guess at the answer, but I want to make sure... is a "sayonara" home run the same as a "walk-off" home run?