Teruaki Sato of the Central League-winning Hanshin Tigers became the first Triple Crown winner since Munetaka Murakami in 2022 as the Nippon Professional Baseball regular season wrapped up Thursday.The 27-year-old Sato had 39 home runs and 106 RBIs while batting .306 and led all three categories in the CL to become the ninth player to achieve the feat.Chicago White Sox slugger Murakami won the Triple Crown four years ago when he was at the Yakult Swallows, becoming the youngest to do so at 22.Sato is the first Tiger to claim the honor since Randy Bass reached the milestone in both 1985 and …READ FULL ARTICLE