A turnaround

At last a complete game shut out to really celebrate. Fujinami was quite simply awesome. Nine innings on only 100 pitches with two walks and one hit. Too often these things take over 120 pitches and more so this level of economy is very welcome. Rakuten were only able to get one runner to second as well Tigers were that dominant. Tigers runs came from Fukudome and Gomez ground outs and a Toritani home run giving a 3-0 victory. This also gives Tigers the rubber. Haraguchi was back to hitting today going 2-4 on the night. It's puzzling though why he isn't occupying the No. 5 slot anymore instead of Kanoh.