Fernando Seguignol hit a two-run homer Friday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters extended their club-record winning streak to 14 games with a 2-0 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in a game called in the eighth inning because of rain.
Former Yomiuri Giants great Shigeo Nagashima (right) shows smile, standing at the third base spot along
with Michihiro Ogasawara, during the ceremonial event before Friday's game at Tokyo Dome.
KYODO PHOTO Seguignol drove the first pitch from Shohei Tateyama (2-3) into the right-field seats in the sixth, making a winner of rookie left-hander Mitsuo Yoshikawa (1-0), who scattered seven hits and four walks over 5 2/3 innings in interleague play at Matsuyama stadium.
Nippon Ham reliever Takehiko Oshimoto retired pinch-hitter Ken Suzuki on a popout to escape a two-out, two-on jam in the sixth in 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Tateyama was charged with two runs and six hits in six innings.