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Kazuma Okamoto hit his 25th home run to back an eight-inning gem by Shosei Togo as the Yomiuri Giants beat the DeNA BayStars 6-0 on Thursday. The Giants pushed their Central League lead over the second-place Hanshin Tigers to two games while reducing their magic number to clinch their first league title since 2020 to eight. Yomiuri jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning as Naoki Yoshikawa opened the scoring with an RBI double and scored on a throwing error by first baseman Tyler Austin. Okamoto’s two-run blast to left made it 5-0 in the fifth at Tokyo Dome. Togo (12-7) matc…

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