The Hiroshima Carp don't have much going for them, but there's one good reason to take in a game at Mazda Stadium.
Carp hurler Kenta Maeda.
A proverbial diamond in the rough for the struggling Carp, Maeda is 8-2 through 12 games and led the NPB with a 1.52 ERA entering Tuesday.
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