Twenty-two-year-old Munetaka Murakami's season home run total entered some rarified air Friday when he became the youngest Japan-born player to hit 50 and the first since Hideki Matsui did it in 2002.Playing for the Central League's Yakult Swallows on their Tokyo home ground, home run-friendly Jingu Stadium, Murakami broke up a scoreless game off Chunichi Dragons ace Yudai Ono. The lefty missed in the middle of the plate, and Murakami blasted a three-run home run in a 5-0 victory."I wanted to get the ball in the air and, at the very minimum, get a sacrifice fly," said Murakami, who wears th…READ FULL ARTICLE
