NFC East

Baseball: Eagles ace Norimoto wins pitchers' duel with Lions' Neal

Takahiro Norimoto baffled hitters with his forkball en route to allowing a run over six innings in the Rakuten Eagles' 2-1 Pacific League win over the Seibu Lions on Friday.Norimoto (5-3), who had struggled mightily with his big pitch at the start of the season, had Lions hitters swinging under his fastball and over his plummeting forkball. He allowed four hits, issued two walks and struck out five.Although Neal (2-4) cannot match Norimoto's best stuff when the Eagles ace is on his game, he kept his pitches down and got the opposing batters to hit catchable balls to his fielders. He allowed tw…