Fourth defeat in a row

The Carp lost against the Hanshin Tigers 4-2 on Wednesday at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium.
It was their fourth defeat in a row, and they remained winless in five games since Opening Day.

Ben Kozlowski pitched the top of the ninth inning, allowing no runs, two hits and struck out one.
Ben has an ERA of 4.50 in two innings of work.

Google Translate

Kosuke Fukudome of the Chicago Cubs went for 3-for-3 with a walk at Wrigley Field on Monday.

Some Cubs fans held up signs which means "it was accidental." in Japanese.
Apparently, one of them translated "It's Gonna Happen." to Japanese by using Google Translate.
I often use Google Translate, so that there must be many mistakes on this blog.

vs. Dragons on Mar. 29

Carp 3, Dragons 7
Hiroshima starter Colby Lewis took the loss against the Dragons on Saturday.
He allowed seven hits and four runs in four innings, striking out seven, walking one and committing three balks.

Both three balks in a game and two balks in an inning are Central League records.
Chris Brock, who played for the Carp in 2003, has a Japanese pro baseball record with 11 balks in one season.