Cleanup hitter Seiya Suzuki went deep twice as the Central-League leading Hiroshima Carp scored all its runs on four home runs, beating the DeNA BayStars 6-1 behind eight strong innings from Akitake Okada on Saturday. Okada (3-1), who was 4-3 with a 3.02 ERA last year as a rookie, allowed a hit each in his first four innings but no runs until the eighth at Yokohama Stadium. He struck out six while scattering six hits and a walk in a 122-pitch outing. Hiroshima led by two runs after as many pitches from DeNA starter Shota Imanaga (1-2), Kosuke Tanaka singling off the lefty before…READ FULL ARTICLE
