Orix 0, at Nippon-Ham 3

SAPPORO, Japan (Interstat) — Koki Kitayama pitched a complete-game shutout, scattering three hits and striking out seven as the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters blanked the Orix Buffaloes 3-0 on Sunday evening at the Sapporo Dome. Kitayama, who improved to 2‑2, needed only 44 pitches to navigate the first three innings and never faced a serious threat after the fourth. The right‑hander retired the side in order in the second, third, fifth, eighth and ninth innings, and did not allow a runner to reach second base after the seventh. His lone blemish came in the fourth, when Ryoma Nishikawa singled with two… Read more...