Onelki Garcia allowed two runs over seven innings Sunday as the Chunichi Dragons beat the Hiroshima Carp 3-2 to complete a three-game sweep of the two-time defending Central League champions.
Before a crowd of 35,576 at Nagoya Dome, the Cuban lefty struck out 10, while issuing one walk, hitting a batter and surrendering four hits. Relievers Hiroshi Suzuki and Shinji Tajima each worked one perfect inning to wrap things up, with Tajima earning his fourth save.
"I normally don't care about how many strikeouts I get, but to get 10 against the Carp, I'm pretty happy about that," Garcia (3-0) said. "Today I just wanted to focus on each batter in turn, and try to get ahead in counts."