Baseball: Rakuten Eagles' Takahiro Norimoto breaks Nomo strikeout record

Rakuten Eagles pitcher Takahiro Norimoto set a new Japanese professional baseball record with 10 or more strikeouts in seven consecutive games, breaking the record of six games that he shared with Hideo Nomo. Norimoto struck out 12 batters in eight innings as the Rakuten Eagles beat the Yomiuri Giants 3-2 at Kobo Park Miyagi in Sendai on June 1, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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