While the sky was dark as a typhoon was approaching, Yu Darvish gave his club a long awaited clear-cut victory.
Darvish scattered five hits and allowed a single run in eight innings to provide the struggling Fighters the second win in their last eight games, a 6-1 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Wednesday night.
"My balls weren't bad but I couldn't locate them to where I really wanted, so it was difficult," Darvish said after the game at QVC Marine Field. "But my teammates gave me some run support effectively and that took some pressure off my back."