Giants lefty Kimiyasu Kudo scattered three hits over the distance for his sixth win while infielder Masahiro Kawai recorded his career 512th sacrifice bunt to set a world record for the most sacrifice bunts by a single player as Yomiuri downed the Yokohama BayStars 3-0 at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday.
Kudo (40), playing his 22nd pro year, walked two while striking out nine in going the distance on 127 pitches to become only the second pitcher in the Central League to notch a shutout victory at the age of 40 or more.
Tweny-one-year veteran Kawai (38) pinch-hit a sacrifice bunt in the sixth inning to achieve the feat. The previous record of 511 was held by Eddie Collins, who played for teams including the Chicago White Sox from 1906 to 1930, at a time when there was no distinction between sacrifice bunts and sacrifice flies. Kawai's record is for bunts only.