Hiroshima 5, at Chunichi 1

NAGOYA, Japan (Interstat) — Hiroki Tokoda pitched six innings of two-hit ball and Sandro Fabian smashed a three-run homer to lead the Hiroshima Carp to a 5-1 victory over the Chunichi Dragons on Sunday afternoon at Nagoya Dome. The win before a crowd of 36,697 in a game that lasted 3 hours, 5 minutes snapped a two-game losing streak for Hiroshima and gave the Carp a split of the three-game weekend series. Chunichi had won the first two games by scores of 8-1 and 10-1. Hiroshima improved to 31-43-4 on the season, while Chunichi fell to 32-49-3. The Dragons had… Read more...