Baseball: Norimoto renews own strikeout record as Rakuten beats DeNA

Takahiro Norimoto renewed his own record by striking out 10 or more batters in eight games in a row as the Rakuten Eagles beat the DeNA BayStars 8-2 in interleague play Thursday.Norimoto (8-1) went the distance, giving up two runs on seven hits and a walk while fanning 12 of the 35 batters he faced in his 117-pitch outing at Kobo Park Miyagi, claiming his 10th strikeout from DeNA cleanup hitter Yoshitomo Tsutsugo in the eighth inning."The stands started getting a bit noisy around the sixth inning and the atmosphere became strange, but I think the record was set because (catcher Motohiro) Sh…READ FULL ARTICLE