Yoshihisa Hirano picked up his first save of the season in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 4-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday.In his 10th game appearance of the year, Hirano came on as the fifth pitcher for the Diamondbacks at SunTrust Park, and worked a scoreless ninth inning though he needed 20 pitches to nail it down."I was told I would take the mound in a save situation so I was ready," Hirano said."My fastballs were effective and the batters were fouling off nasty forkballs. I'm glad I was able to contribute to the team's win," he said.The 35-year-old Japanese yielded a one-out …READ FULL ARTICLE
