Highly-touted rookie Masahiro Tanaka threw his first complete-game shutout Wednesday as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Chunichi Dragons 4-0 to snap a four-game losing streak.
Tuffy Rhodes of the Orix Buffaloes is congratulated by teammates after hitting his second home run of the
game against the Yomiuri Giants at Kyocera Dome on Wednesday. The Buffaloes won 6-3.
KYODO PHOTOTanaka (4-2) allowed six hits and five walks while striking out nine and hitting a batter with a pitch in a 150-pitch outing in interleague play at Fullcast Stadium.
Daisuke Kusano broke a scoreless tie in the eighth inning with a pinch-hit RBI single and Rakuten added three runs on RBI singles from Teppei Tsuchiya and Koichi Isobe and a sacrifice fly by Naoto Watanabe.