Kodai Senga threw the 91st regular season no-hitter in Japanese pro baseball's top flight on Friday in the SoftBank Hawks' 2-0 Pacific League win over the Lotte Marines.The 26-year-old right-hander struck out 12, while walking three and hitting another to win a pitchers' duel against Lotte's Mike Bolsinger, who only surrendered two unearned runs.Relying on an electric fastball that touched 159 kilometers (98.8 miles) per hour and mixing in his trademark splitter more and more as the game went on, Senga (12-7) survived a few bad pitches and two walks to open the ninth inning.Three outs away …READ FULL ARTICLE
