Koyama Beguiles Ontario
The <Ontario Blue Pirates:team#77> had no answer today for <Kentucky Lions:team#7> pitcher <Ichiro Koyama:player#11414>. They failed to score a single run against him, losing 6-0. <Ontario:team#77> managed only 3 hits off <Koyama:player#11414>, who had 6 strikeouts.

The extraordinarily popular Koyama got a standing ovation from the hometown crowd as he left the field, the applause continuing until he returned from the dugout to tip his cap to the crowd.

"Lions fans are the best fans, in my opinion," he said. "It's a great feeling to throw a shutout under any circumstances but to do it with the crowd behind you like that is just incredible."

On the season <Koyama:player#11414> has compiled a 4-8 mark with a 4.41 ERA in 14 starts. In pitching 83.2 innings he has 67 strikeouts and 26 walks while limiting the opposition to a .248 batting average.

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