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Masanori Ishikawa went five innings in a rain-shortened interleague game, giving him a win in each of his 23 pro seasons as the Yakult Swallows beat the Pacific League’s Rakuten Eagles 4-0 on Sunday. When the game at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi was called after five innings with the 44-year-old lefty still in the game, Ishikawa (1-1) was credited with his first shutout in nine years. The Swallows opened the scoring against veteran right-hander Takayuki Kishi (2-5) on Hideki Nagaoka’s RBI double, and Munetaka Murakami followed with his 13th home run to make it 3-0 in the first. Ishikawa allowed …