Hanshin 1, at Hiroshima 2

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Interstat) — Elehuris Montero launched a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday, lifting the Hiroshima Carp to a dramatic 2-1 victory over the Hanshin Tigers and denying the visitors a series sweep at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium. In a taut pitchers’ duel that stretched into the evening, Montero connected on a one-out pitch from Hanshin reliever Takuma Kirishiki, sending it over the left-field wall to snap a 1-1 tie and ignite a celebration among the crowd of 31,416. The blast handed Kirishiki his first loss of the season and capped a brilliant outing… Read more...