Hanshin 7, at Hiroshima 5

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Interstat) — In a game that defied pregame projections and stretched into extra innings, the Hanshin Tigers scored three runs in the ninth to force extras and two more in the 10th to secure a 7-5 victory over the Hiroshima Carp on Saturday night at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium. A crowd of 31,414 watched a contest that lasted three hours and fifty-nine minutes and saw the visiting Tigers improve to 6-2, while the Carp fell to 3-4. The game’s most critical sequence arrived in the top of the ninth inning with Hanshin trailing 5-3. Facing Carp reliever Taiga Tsuji,… Read more...