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Shogo Asano went 4-for-5 and nearly hit for the cycle as he sparked the Yomiuri Giants to a 6-2 win over the Chunichi Dragons on Saturday. The 19-year-old outfielder drove in two runs and scored three at Tokyo Dome while batting second as part of a re-ordered lineup for Yomiuri skipper Shinnosuke Abe. Asano, the Giants’ first-round pick in the 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball draft, broke the ice in the bottom of the first with a solo home run deep to left off Yuya Yanagi (4-5). After striking out in his next at-bat, Asano initiated a two-run surge in the fifth by leading off with a double to…

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