Yokohama ¨C Four pitches was all it took for everything to go bad for Yasuaki Yamasaki.
Yamasaki was called on to get the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, leading 4-2 at the time, out of a jam against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows during the eighth inning of their home opener on Tuesday.
Instead, Yasutaka Shiomi laced Yamasaki¡¯s third pitch into left field to drive in two runs. Shingo Kawabata connected on Yamasaki¡¯s fourth pitch to put the Swallows ahead 5-4.
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