Baseball: Giants' Tanaka earns 202nd win, passes Japan Hall of Famer Nomo

Masahiro Tanaka earned his 202nd career win spanning Japanese professional baseball and the U.S. major leagues, surpassing a mark set by Japanese Hall of Famer Hideo Nomo, as the Yomiuri Giants edged the Hanshin Tigers 4-3 on Thursday.A former ace of the New York Yankees, Tanaka (2-0) allowed three runs on seven hits with four strikeouts over six innings at Koshien Stadium.Bobby Dalbec's three-run homer off Tigers starter Easton Lucas (0-2) opened the scoring in the top of the first inning, and the Giants added an insurance run in the third.The 37-year-old right-hander gave up a two-run hom…READ FULL ARTICLE