Hideki Matsui belted a pair of homers including a two-run clout in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday to power the Yomiuri Giants 5-3 over the Hiroshima Carp.
The Giants also got solo homers from Tomohiro Nioka and Yoshinobu Takahashi at the Tokyo Dome for their seventh straight win while shaving the number of wins they need to clinch the Central League pennant to 11.
Yomiuri starter Darrell May went eight strong innings with nine strikeouts, but surrendered three solo homers before giving way to the Yomiuri bullpen.