Baseball: Hawks close in on 4th straight Japan Series title

Akira Nakamura drove in three runs and the SoftBank Hawks came within one out of a no-hitter as they beat the Yomiuri Giants 4-0 in Tuesday's Japan Series Game 3 and moved within one win of their fourth straight Japan pro baseball championship.Nakamura hit a two-run third-inning homer and singled in a run to back seven innings of no-hit ball from Matt Moore. Setup man Livan Moinelo kept the no-hitter in play in a scoreless eighth before Yoshihiro Maru singled with two outs off closer Yuito Mori.In a well-pitched game on both sides, the Hawks broke open the scoreless game at PayPay Dome in t…READ FULL ARTICLE