Yakult 5, at Yokohama 3

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Interstat) — For seven innings Sunday night, the Yokohama BayStars’ Yutaro Ishida was in complete command, holding the powerful Tokyo Yakult Swallows lineup scoreless and in check. In the span of a few batters in the eighth, that command, and the game, vanished. Domingo Santana’s three-run double ignited a five-run outburst in the eighth inning, erasing a one-run deficit and propelling the Yakult Swallows to a 5-3 victory over the Yokohama BayStars at Yokohama Stadium. The win completed a three-game series sweep for the Swallows to open the Nippon Professional Baseball season, while the BayStars are left searching… Read more...