Yomiuri 4, at Hanshin 3

OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — In a tense Central League clash that defied pregame projections, the Yomiuri Giants edged the Hanshin Tigers 4-3 on Tuesday night, riding a stellar start from Takahiro Norimoto and a late insurance home run from Takumi Ohshiro to snap a two-game skid. A crowd of 42,603 at Osaka Dome watched as the Giants, installed as underdogs by sportsbooks and statistical models, handed the first-place Tigers just their fifth loss of the season. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 7-4 Hanshin victory, and its ELO system gave the Tigers a 64.7 percent probability to win. Instead, Yomiuri… Read more...