Welcome to the year of the no-hitter.
Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto added to NPB's sudden no-hitter renaissance with a nine-strikeout gem against the Seibu Lions Saturday.
"I felt like I got off to a good start and I was able to carry that all the way through," he said.
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