The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles did a nice job putting a run on the board first against mighty Yu Darvish.
That was all they were able to do on the night.
Darvish allowed four hits and a run over the distance to outpitch Rakuten's star hurler Masahiro "Ma-kun" Tanaka as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters earned a 3-1 win at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday.