Chunichi 1, at Hiroshima 5

HIROSHIMA (Interstat) — Hiroki Tokoda pitched a five-hit complete game and Shosei Nakamura homered and drove in three runs as the Hiroshima Carp defeated the Chunichi Dragons 5-1 on Thursday evening at MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima. The game took 2 hours, 12 minutes and drew 18,915 fans. Tokoda allowed one earned run, struck out five and did not walk a batter while improving to 8-6. The Carp moved to 59-77-4, while the Dragons fell to 60-81-2. Chunichi starter Yudai Ohno was charged with the loss after allowing four earned runs on five hits over six innings. He walked one and… Read more...