Seishu Hatake lamented the fact he couldn't pitch until the end of the Yomiuri Giants' game against the Chunichi Dragons.
While he didn't the shutout he was looking for, a win isn't a bad consolation prize.
Hatake held the Dragons scoreless into the ninth and got all the run support he needed from one big inning as the Giants beat the Dragons 5-1 in front of a crowd of 10,707 at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday.