Baseball: Johnson pitches Carp to Game 2 victory

Left-hander Kris Johnson allowed a run over seven innings, pitching the Central League's Hiroshima Carp to a 5-1 win over the SoftBank Hawks in Sunday's Japan Series Game 2.The Carp will take a 1-0 lead into Game 3 of the best-of-seven series in Fukuoka after Game 1 was called a 2-2 tie after 12 innings.Johnson (1-0) allowed four singles and a walk, while striking out seven at Hiroshima's Mazda Stadium to outduel right-hander Rick van den Hurk."Ishi (catcher Yoshiyuki Ishihara) called a great game," Johnson said. "I just had to throw to a spot and throw what he called. I got a little tired …READ FULL ARTICLE