Tennis

Tanaka leads Rakuten past Nippon Ham

Published Oct. 23, 2009 3:24 p.m. ET

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Tanaka gave up just one walk as the Eagles picked up their first win of the best-of-seven series. Nippon leads 3-1.

Daisuke Kusano drove in the winning run on a two-out single in the top of the third inning at Sapporo Dome.

At Tokyo Dome, the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Chunichi Dragons 5-4 in Game 4 of the Central League series to take a 3-1 series lead.

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