Tomoyuki Sugano hurled a three-hit gem for his first interleague win this season as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 5-1 on Tuesday.
Sugano (7-2) yielded a combined 13 runs in his previous two starts against Pacific League teams. This time, he dominated, fanning 10 without a walk for his Central League-leading seventh victory at Tokyo Dome.
It was Yomiuri's first home win since Sugano defeated the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on May 16. The victory also arrived on the day the team appointed a new general manager — former reliever Yoshitaka Katori — following a franchise-worst 13-game losing streak that ended last Friday.