Yokohama 5, at Yomiuri 2

TOKYO (Interstat) — Shunya Shimada delivered a steady start, and the Yokohama BayStars used a four-run seventh inning to beat the Yomiuri Giants 5-2 at Tokyo Dome on Saturday evening. The BayStars, playing as the visiting team, improved to 71-69-3. The Giants, the home team, fell to 76-64-3. A crowd of 42,455 watched the game, which took 3 hours, 29 minutes. Yomiuri starter Haruto Inoue was excellent for six innings. He allowed one hit, no earned runs and one walk while striking out six. Inoue kept Yokohama scoreless and limited hard contact, giving the Giants a chance to build a… Read more...