Fukuoka Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh missed Thursday's game against the Chiba Lotte Marines after getting sick while having lunch, according to officials of the Pacific League ballclub.
Oh, 68, is resting at the team's hotel in Chiba and is not scheduled to be hospitalized, the officials said, adding that he is set to resume work Friday when Softbank plays Lotte at Chiba Marine Stadium for a third straight night.
Chief coach Koji Akiyama took charge of Thursday's game, which the Hawks lost 12-6 after Lotte's Shunichi Nemoto hit a two-run homer and Daisuke Hayakawa added a grand slam.
Buffaloes 2, Fighters 0 (11)
At Sapporo Dome, Tomotaka Sakaguchi broke a scoreless deadlock with a two-run single in the top of the 11th inning as Orix handed Hokkaido Nippon Ham its fifth loss in a row.
Lions 8, Eagles 2
At Sendai's Kleenex Stadium, Takeya Nakamura hit his sixth homer in as many games and Toru Hosokawa had a pair of solo home runs.
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Carp 4, Dragons 0
At Hiroshima Stadium, Masato Akamatsu broke a sixth-inning scoreless tie with a two-run homer and tripled in another run in the seventh as Hiroshima held off Chunichi.
Swallows 6, BayStars 1
At Yokohama Stadium, Kazuki Fukuchi hit a tiebreaking bases-clearing double and Keizo Kawashima followed with a homer in the top of the ninth inning as Yakult downed Yokohama.