Home > Touri News > Touri News EP.55 – NPB Today Digest (Sep 1)
Hanshin beat Yomiuri 3-1 at Koshien, cutting their championship magic number to 21. Kuriyama Takumi received applause with an eighth-inning hit in his retirement game on Aug. 30 as he closed a 25-year career. Orix went 2-4 in a six-game homestand, and Yakult’s Ogawa Yasuhiro was removed from the active roster on Aug. 31.