Hiroshima Carp pitcher Daichi Osera did something against the Yomiuri Giants last week that you do not see very often in baseball games these days.
He got a hit.
While no one would confuse Osera for Shohei Ohtani, seeing a pitcher get a hit ¡ª or even step in the batter¡¯s box ¡ª is an increasingly rare sight in pro baseball. It¡¯s one you can only see daily in NPB, where the Central League continues to stand alone as a place without the designated hitter and where pitchers still hit for themselves.
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