Baseball: Sugano pitches Giants to within 1 win of final playoff spot

Tomoyuki Sugano worked six innings, and Daisuke Nakai drove in two runs as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Yakult Swallows 3-0 on Tuesday and inched closer to third place in the Central League.Working on a shorter-than-usual, five-days rest, Sugano (17-5) allowed two hits and two walks, while striking out four. He was pulled after throwing 98 pitches. Four relievers completed the shutout that moved the fourth-place Giants to within one game of the third-place DeNA BayStars.The BayStars have seven games remaining and the Giants four, but the two teams won't meet again during the regular season. …READ FULL ARTICLE