Game Report: Marines vs. Fighters @ Chiba Marine - Wherefore Art Thou, Hisashi Takeda?

TLDR Version: The Fighters managed to get a nice cushy 3-1 lead behind starter Yu Darvish, and then handed the ball off to their bullpen, and closer Hisashi Takeda gave up two runs in the bottom of the 9th to bring the game into extra innings, where it would end up being tied 3-3.I don't really know what to say about this game either. At least now I know that the reason Makoto Kaneko hasn't been playing is because he hurt his left oblique muscle or something like that, so he got taken off the roster to recover for a bit. Hence Iiyama starting at short on Friday and Masayoshi Katoh starting on Saturday.Quite frankly, I'd rather have Kaneko out there, but failing that, Katoh seems a better choice than Iiyama.On the other hand, I got the good news that Ryota Imanari, after hitting himself in the head with his bat on Friday (apparently it was windy/wet and he lost his grip), came out of it bruised but none the worse for the wear, so he should be okay.Saturday was a lot mor...