Masahide Kobayashi reaches 20 saves for 5 straight years
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Masahide Kobayashi reaches 20 saves for 5 straight years
Lotte Marines closer Masahide Kobayashi reached 20 saves after finishing off the July 12 game against the Seibu Lions, giving him 5 consecutive years with 20 or more saves. He becomes just the 3rd person in NPB history to do so, following Yutaka Enatsu who did it with Hiroshima and Nippon Ham between 1979-83, and current Chicago White Sox pitcher Shingo Takatsu who did it with Yakult from 1999-2003.
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