A prized rookie pitcher went head-to-head with a slugger on a historical pace before a fight broke out and before and a player dove across home plate to successfully execute a suicide squeeze.
The most recent tilt between the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Hanshin Tigers had just about everything. Well, everything except what most of the 31,047 in the crowd came to see.
Wladimir Balentien wasn't able to set a new single-season home run record, but his Swallows teammates made enough plays to edge the Tigers 2-0 to snap a four-game losing streak on Saturday at Jingu Stadium.
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