Baseball: Hawks' Mori earns win over Lions in 1st start since June

Former SoftBank Hawks closer Yuito Mori won his first Nippon Professional Baseball start in roughly three months Sunday, pitching 5-2/3 innings of one-run ball in a 3-2 victory over the Seibu Lions. The 31-year-old right-hander struck out three while allowing three hits and a walk at Belluna Dome, where the Pacific League's third-place Hawks got RBIs from Kensuke Kondo, Yuki Yanagita and Takuya Kai, who hit his 10th homer of the season. Mori (2-1) gave up his only run on Shuta Tonosaki's solo blast in the bottom of the second inning. He made way for Katsuki Matayoshi with two out and two runne...