The story of this year's Japan Series after two games has been starting pitching.
A quartet of young stars, all under 25, dominated Kyocera Dome Osaka over the weekend, each making life extremely hard for lineups accustomed to scoring lots of runs.
The starters for the Orix Buffaloes and Tokyo Yakult Swallows, who split the first two games, combined to throw 29⅔ innings and allowed just three runs between them.
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