Baseball: 10 years in making, Murata earns first NPB win

Nearly 10 years after he was taken in the first round of Japan's amateur draft, Toru Murata earned his first win in top-flight pro ball on Sunday.Murata, who turned 32 last month, stood on the Sapporo Dome hero's podium after the Nippon Ham Fighters beat his first pro team, the Yomiuri Giants, 5-1 in interleague play."I got here thanks to the support of many people," Murata said. "Thank you very much."Murata was making his fifth start for the Pacific League's Fighters, whom he joined after spending six seasons in the Cleveland Indians' organization. Before that he pitched three seasons in J…READ FULL ARTICLE