Hotaka Yamakawa homered and drove in three runs to help send the Pacific League champion SoftBank Hawks home with a 2-0 Japan Series lead after they beat the Central League's DeNA BayStars 6-3 in Sunday's Game 2.The Hawks' victory at Yokohama Stadium was their 14th straight in Japanese pro baseball's season finale, stretching back to 2018, a year after SoftBank vanquished DeNA in their previous postseason clash.BayStars right-hander Shinichi Onuki recorded three swinging strikeouts in the first inning but allowed two singles and a two-out two-run home run to PL home run leader Yamakawa, who…READ FULL ARTICLE
