Baseball: Murakami hurls 2-hit gem to spoil Giants' Nagashima memorial

Shoki Murakami threw a two-hit shutout Saturday to put a damper on the party atmosphere at Tokyo Dome as the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers beat Yomiuri 3-0 in a memorial game for the Giants' late former star player and manager Shigeo Nagashima.Murakami (10-3) struck out nine while issuing just one walk in a 123-pitch gem, upsetting the Giants, who were all wearing the No. 3 uniform donned by Nagashima who died at 89 in June.Nagashima was a key player on the Giants team that won nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973, rising to stardom during Japan'…READ FULL ARTICLE