Four pitches was all it took for everything to go bad for Yasuaki Yamasaki.
Yamasaki was called on to get the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, leading 4-2 at the time, out of a jam against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows during the eighth inning of their home opener on Tuesday.
Instead, Yasutaka Shiomi laced Yamasaki's third pitch into left field to drive in two runs. Shingo Kawabata connected on Yamasaki's fourth pitch to put the Swallows ahead 5-4.
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