Former St. Louis Cardinal Brandon Dickson, now with the Orix Bufaloes, won his first Pacific League Pitcher of the Month Award on Friday, when lefty Yudai Ono of the Central League's Chunichi Dragons and slugger Yoshitomo Tsutsugo of the CL's Yokohama BayStars also secured monthly honors for the first time.
First baseman Lee Dae-ho of the Softbank Hawks collected his fourth.
Dickson, who pitched in eight games for the Cards in 2011 and 2012, signed with the Buffaloes in 2013. He went 4-0 in five games, while allowing one earned run in 34-2/3 innings and striking out 25. He said familiarity with opposing batters has helped but did not discount the amount of luck involved. He entered this season with a 17-18 record in Japan, but said Thursday he is not doing anything differently.