Hitting Streak Still Alive for Yamada
Win, lose or draw -- <Taroemon Yamada:player#12844> just keeps on getting base hits -- game after game after game. He has now stretched his hitting streak to 25 games. The <Chunichi Dragons:team#287> third baseman picked up 1 hit in 5 at-bats today, but it wasn't enough to win the game. His club was defeated 5-3 by the <Hanshin Tigers:team#288> at Ballpark of Hanshin.
<Taroemon Yamada:player#12844> singled in the 1st, grounded out in the 3rd, grounded out in the 5th, grounded out in the 7th and grounded out in the 9th.

Yamada is hitting .331 for the season with 14 home runs, 64 RBIs and 98 runs scored. He has 157 hits in 475 at-bats and played in 129 games.