Southpaw Trey Moore held the Yakult Swallows to one run on six hits and struck out nine Saturday as the Hanshin Tigers matched a 64-year-old club record with a 3-1 victory over the Yakult Swallows.
Moore (2-0) went the distance on 128 pitches at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, pitching out of jams in the fourth, fifth and ninth innings as Hanshin remained unbeaten in the Central League with its seventh straight win and matched the 7-0 start of the 1938 Tigers.
Moore also collected three hits and scored on a single by Atsushi Kataoka in the third inning.