Rakuten 0, at SoftBank 6

FUKUOKA, Japan (Interstat) — Ryosuke Ohtsu delivered a dominant performance on the mound and Yuki Yanagita provided an immediate offensive jolt with a first-inning, three-run homer as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks shut out the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 6-0 on Thursday night at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. The victory allowed the Hawks to salvage the final game of a three-game series after dropping two consecutive one-run decisions to the Eagles earlier in the week. A crowd of 19,288 watched as SoftBank improved to 11-6-1, while Rakuten fell to 9-7-1. The most critical sequence of the game unfolded in the bottom of… Read more...