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Baseball: BayStars end scoreless streak, beat Tigers

Baseball: BayStars end scoreless streak, beat Tigers

The Mainichi30-05-2025
NISHINOMIYA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The DeNA BayStars ended their scoreless streak at 36 innings and went on to beat the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers 5-1 on Thursday.
DeNA captain Shugo Maki's eighth home run of the season tied the game at 1 in the fourth inning. Toshiro Miyazaki's tiebreaking bases-loaded walk was followed by Taiki Ishikami's two-run single in the seventh, making it 4-1 at Koshien Stadium.
Andre Jackson (5-1) pitched seven innings of one-run ball. Jon Duplantier (1-2) took the loss.
In the day's other games, former Oakland Athletics left-hander Kyle Muller (1-3) picked up his first win in Japan after working seven innings as the Chunichi Dragons blanked the Yakult Swallows 6-0. The Rakuten Eagles defeated the Seibu Lions 6-3.
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