Baseball: Hirano joins Japanese games-pitched leaders with 73

Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Yoshihisa Hirano became the third Japanese major leaguer with 73 games pitched in relief in a season when he, along with three others, combined for a one-hit shutout on Wednesday.In the Diamondbacks' 9-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs, Hirano worked a scoreless eighth inning at Chase Field, though the first batter he faced, Addison Russell, reached on a throwing error by third baseman Ildemaro Vargas.Hirano then got Albert Almora Jr. to ground out into a double play and Kris Bryant to strike out swinging. He was not involved in the decision."I somehow knew f…READ FULL ARTICLE