Akira Nakamura's two-run homer broke an eighth-inning tie in the SoftBank Hawks' 7-5 win over the Rakuten Eagles on Friday, evening the Pacific League playoffs' final stage at two wins apiece.Eagles starter, four-time PL strikeout king Takahiro Norimoto, went seven innings, outlasting Hawks southpaw Tsuyoshi Wada, but both men allowed five runs. But while the Hawks bullpen took over from the sixth and managed three straight scoreless innings, the Hawks jumped on the first man out of Rakuten's bullpen, Hiroyuki Fukuyama, for two runs.With one out in the eighth, Shuhei Fukuda singled and was …READ FULL ARTICLE
