Yomiuri 4, at Yakult 4

TOKYO (Interstat) — In a game that defied both projections and a resolution, the Yomiuri Giants and Tokyo Yakult Swallows battled for 12 innings Sunday night, only to have their contest declared a 4-4 tie under Nippon Professional Baseball rules. A crowd of 29,380 at Meiji Jingu Stadium watched for three hours and fifty-six minutes as the Central League rivals traded blows, with the Giants erasing an early deficit and the Swallows matching them run-for-run through eight innings. Neither bullpen, however, would yield again, resulting in a stalemate. The game was a departure from the pregame forecast by Interstat, which… Read more...