Lotte 2, at SoftBank 16

FUKUOKA (Interstat) — Livan Moinelo threw six scoreless innings and Taisei Makihara homered and drove in three runs as the SoftBank Hawks routed the Chiba Lotte Marines 16-2 on Tuesday afternoon and evening at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. The Hawks racked up 16 hits and scored in six different innings. They scored four runs in the first, two in the second, one in the fourth, three in the sixth, two in the seventh and four in the eighth. Makihara’s three-run homer highlighted the first. Tomoya Masaki, Ukyo Shuto and Ryoya Kurihara each homered and drove in two runs. Tatsuru Yanagimachi added… Read more...