When you've got a pitcher as good as Tomoyuki Sugano on the mound, the game plan is usually pretty simple.
Give him a lead, and get out of the way.
Shuichi Murata, Yoshiyuki Kamei and Hisayoshi Chono combined to drive in four runs in the first inning, and Sugano allowed only one over eight as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Yokohama BayStars 5-1 on Saturday night at Tokyo Dome.
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