LEAD: S. Korean slugger Kim gets 3 hits, 2 RBIs for Lotte

 
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CHIBA, Japan, March 12 (21:43) Kyodo

 
(EDS: ADDING NIGHT GAME)

South Korean slugger Kim Tae Kyun went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and
Tsuyoshi Nishioka homered in the Lotte Marines' 9-3 win over the
Seibu Lions in a spring training game on Friday.

Former Hanwha Eagles star Kim hit a two-run double and Nishioka
added a three-run homer as Lotte pounded out double-digit hits for
the fourth straight game. Hidetaka Kawagoe, an offseason acquisition
from Orix, allowed one hit in four scoreless innings.

Veteran Seibu starter Fumiya Nishiguchi got roughed up for six
runs in three innings. Yoshihito Ishii drove in two runs with a
triple at Chiba Marine Stadium.

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Swallows 2, Hawks 1

Masanori Ishikawa, Yakult's potential opening day starter,
pitched seven shutout innings. The left-hander has not allowed a run
or a walk in three spring outings.

For Softbank, Tsuyoshi Wada limited the damage to two runs in
six innings. Nobuhiko Matsunaka had his first hit of the spring in 11
at-bats.

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Giants 3, Buffaloes 3

Shun Tono surrendered a bases-loaded walk but was otherwise
solid in five innings for Yomiuri. New addition Shugo Fujii threw two
perfect innings.

Michihiro Ogasawara doubled in three runs. Shogo Akada, acquired
in a trade last month from Seibu, went 4-for-5 with pairs of singles
and doubles for Orix.

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Carp 7, Tigers 1

Hiroshima left-hander Takahiro Aoki worked four shutout innings.
Pinch-hitter Tomonori Maeda went deep with a three-run homer.

Hanshin's Tatsuya Kojima threw one-run ball over five innings
but rookie Kazuhito Futagami got chased after allowing six runs in
two innings.
 


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