This is a site about Pro Yakyu (Japanese Baseball), not about who the next player to go over to MLB is. It's a community of Pro Yakyu fans who have come together to share their knowledge and opinions with the world. It's a place to follow teams and individuals playing baseball in Japan (and Asia), and to learn about Japanese (and Asian) culture through baseball.
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Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
That put the Hawks up 8-0 in the second inning. Orix answered with two in the bottom of the 2nd, but Nieves homered for a second time, this time from the other side of the plate, in the top of the 4th make the score 9-2. The top of the 5th saw Matsunaka hit his second home run of the game, a three run shot, to put the game far out of reach at 12-2.
Ichiro, 2 for 4 with a solo shot in the 7th inning raised his average to .390. But that's about all the Kobe fans had to cheer about. Daiei finished the game with a 13-3 victory.
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