Osaka – Chiba Lotte Marines ace Roki Sasaki struck out 14 batters over seven masterful innings of three-hit, one-run baseball to spur his team to a 5-3 win over the Pacific League-leading Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old right-hander did not issue a walk over 104 pitches and was backed by three RBIs from Katsuya Kakunaka in a 2-for-3 night at Kyocera Dome Osaka.
Touching 165 kph with his fastball, Sasaki (7-2) surrendered his only run in the first inning on Leandro Cedeno’s double and retired his last 10 batters in a row.
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Source : Baseball – The Japan Times