Baseball: Home runs power Buffaloes to 11th-straight winning decision

The Pacific League-leading Orix Buffaloes rode solo home runs from rookie Kotaro Kurebayashi, Olympic team member Masataka Yoshida and slugger Yutaro Sugimoto to beat the Nippon Ham Fighters 3-1 on Wednesday and win their 11th consecutive decision. The win streak was the franchise's longest since the Hankyu Braves managed the feat in 1984 en route to a PL pennant. The Buffaloes, who finished last in each of the last two seasons, are looking for the franchise's first PL pennant since 1996 when Ichiro Suzuki led the Orix BlueWave to the Japan Series championship. Kurebayashi opened the scoring i...