Baseball: 10 years in making, Murata earns first NPB win

Baseball: 10 years in making, Murata earns first NPB win

Nippon Ham Fighters' pitcher Toru Murata (L) poses with team manger Hideki Kuriyama after the team's 5-1 victory over the Yomiuri Giants in Sapporo on June 11, 2017. Murata earned his first win in top-flight pro ball nearly 10 years after he was taken in the first round of Japan's amateur draft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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