Chunichi 7, at Hiroshima 1

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Interstat) — Seiya Hosokawa homered twice and Yuta Ishii drove in four runs as the Chunichi Dragons beat the Hiroshima Carp 7-1 on Saturday night at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium. Hosokawa put Chunichi ahead in the first inning with a home run to left-center, giving the Dragons an early edge. The lead grew in the third when Hiroki Fukunaga was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on Kaito Muramatsu’s two-out single to shallow right. The decisive moment came in the fourth inning. With one out, Takaya Ishikawa singled to put runners at first and second. Yuki Okabayashi… Read more...