Nippon-Ham 5, at Orix 1

OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — Sachiya Yamasaki pitched five innings of three-hit ball and Kotaro Kiyomiya homered in the first inning as the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters defeated the Orix Buffaloes 5-1 on Sunday afternoon at the Osaka Dome. The Fighters, who have won four of their last five games, improved to 51-40. The Buffaloes fell to 42-43-1. Attendance was 36,126. The game lasted 3 hours, 2 minutes. Nippon-Ham jumped on Orix starter Taito Takashima immediately in the top of the first. Tatsuki Mizuno singled to shallow right field with no outs, and Kiyomiya followed by driving a 1-0 pitch over the… Read more...