Trevor Bauer struck out 12 in a three-hit victory as the Central League's DeNA BayStars beat the Pacific League's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2-1 on Wednesday.
The BayStars' interleague win at Yokohama Stadium kept them tied atop the interleague standings and 3½-games behind the league-leading Hanshin Tigers in the CL pennant race.
Bauer (4-2), who joined DeNA this spring after 30 MLB teams passed on signing him at minimum salary following his 194-game suspension for violating MLB's sexual assault policy, lowered his ERA in Japan to 4.00.