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Baseball: Masuda, Yamasaki lead Giants past Carp

Baseball: Masuda, Yamasaki lead Giants past Carp

The Mainichi28-05-2025
KANAZAWA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Riku Masuda drove in two runs with a homer and a double to back a solid outing by Iori Yamasaki as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp 4-1 on Wednesday.
Solo home runs by Masuda and Trey Cabbage turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 Yomiuri lead in the bottom of the first inning. Masuda also made it 3-1 with an RBI double in a two-run seventh at Ishikawa Prefectural Stadium.
Yamasaki (6-1) held the Carp to one run in 6-1/3 innings, striking out seven.
Raidel Martinez picked up his 19th save. Daichi Osera (2-3) took the loss.
Among Wednesday's other games, Ukyo Shuto hit a walk-off double to give the SoftBank Hawks a 2-1 win over the Pacific League-leading Nippon Ham Fighters. The Seibu Lions blanked the Rakuten Eagles 6-0.
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