The Yomiuri Giants, Japan's most storied franchise, lost their ninth straight game, falling 5-4 to the Orix Buffaloes in interleague play on Saturday.Takahiro Okada capped a four-run first inning off impressive lefty Kazuto Taguchi with his 13th home run of the season, a three-run shot."I haven't been able to contribute that much recently, so this was satisfying," said Okada after the Buffaloes won their sixth straight."We knew it was not going to be easy against such a good opposing pitcher. Before the game, we spoke about us each being thorough and doing the things we had to. I got the ch…READ FULL ARTICLE
