Yokohama BayStars edge Yomiuri Giants 2‑1 as Fukazawa earns win
TOKYO (Interstat) — Osuke Fukazawa allowed one earned run over 5 1/3 innings Sunday, Aug. 2, and Yokohama BayStars rallied for two runs in the sixth to beat Yomiuri Giants 2-1 at Tokyo Dome.
Fukazawa (3-1) gave up five hits and struck out four. Sean Reynolds pitched a hitless ninth with two strikeouts for his fifth save. Jose Ruiz struck out three in a scoreless inning, while Koh Nakagawa and Masumi Hamachi also worked scoreless relief.
Yomiuri took a 1-0 lead in the third when Go Matsumoto’s two-out single scored a runner from second. Yokohama answered in the sixth. Keita Sano singled to center to tie the game, and Jerar Encarnacion followed with a sacrifice fly to left to put the BayStars ahead.
Starter Shinnosuke Ogasawara (1-2) took the loss despite allowing two earned runs in seven innings. He struck out five and also went 2 for 2 at the plate. Shugo Maki went 1 for 3 for Yokohama. Yomiuri relievers Hiromasa Funabasama and Shunya Morita each threw a scoreless inning. Both teams finished with six hits.
Attendance was 42,419, and the game lasted 2 hours, 45 minutes. Yokohama improved to 41-51-3, while Yomiuri fell to 51-42-2.