Outfielder Kojiro Machida belted a solo homer in the third inning Wednesday and Tomonori Maeda followed with a two-run blast in the fifth to lead the Hiroshima Carp to an 8-7 victory over the Yakult Swallows.
Masato Kawano (2-1) came on in the third inning at Jingu Stadium in relief of Hiroshima starter Takaya Kawauchi and picked up the win, despite giving up a grand slam homer to Satoshi Takahashi in the fifth inning.
With the win the Carp moved back into first place in the Central League standings.
Giants 3, BayStars 2 (10)
At Yokohama Stadium, Daisuke Motoki drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded single to right in the top of the 10th to lift Yomiuri to a win over the BayStars.
Giants reliever Hideki Okajima (1-0) took the mound in the seventh and tossed three scoreless innings for the win.
Dragons 5, Tigers 0
In Gifu, Melvin Bunch (5-1) scattered six hits over seven innings as Chunichi blanked Hanshin to snap a three-game losing streak.
PACIFIC LEAGUE
Lions 2, Marines 0
Tony Fernandez drove in a pair of runs with a clutch bases-loaded single in the seventh inning to lift the Lions to a victory over last-place Lotte at the Seibu Dome.
Seibu starter Tetsuya Shiozaki (2-2) tossed a one-hitter while fanning 10 over 7 1/3 innings for the win.
Buffaloes 4, BlueWave 1
Hiroki Yamamura (2-3) went the distance while giving up one run on five hits as Kintetsu downed front-running Orix at Yonago Stadium in Tottori Prefecture.
Fighters 4, Hawks 0
At the Fukuoka Dome, infielder Michihiro Ogasawara went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and starter Hiroshi Shintani (3-1) tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings for the win as Nippon Ham blanked Daiei.