Kodai Senga of the SoftBank Hawks pitches during a Pacific League game against the Orix Buffaloes on Oct.... On the same day reports surfaced that Hawks skipper Kimiyasu Kudo intends to resign at season's end to take responsibility for the club's poor performance, the fourth-place Hawks came from a run down in the first at PayPay Dome.... The win moved them to within 5-1/ 2 games of third place and the PL's final playoff spot....

18, 2021, at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in Sendai, northeastern Japan.... The win was his first since he hurt his ankle in his April season debut.... Four relievers finished up as SoftBank's pitchers set a franchise record by throwing 42 consecutive scoreless innings....

Yasunobu Okugawa of the Yakult Swallows pitches during a Central League game against the DeNA BayStars on Sept.... Okugawa( 8-3) allowed three hits and struck out four in an 84-pitch effort at Jingu Stadium.... " I wasn't in good form but managed to be creative with my pitches," said the right-hander, who also helped his team with his trip to the plate....