Akira Eto belted a three-run dinger and Yoshinobu Takahashi homered for the third straight night as the Yomiuri Giants avoided a three-game sweep with a 13-1 trouncing of the Yakult Swallows at the Tokyo Dome on Thursday.
The Giants, who finally put a halt to their losing skid at five, are back on top of the Central League standings in total wins, but the Swallows still hold the edge in winning percentage.
Yomiuri got on the scoreboard in the third, when Kazuhiro Kiyohara hit a bases-clearing three-run double. Takahashi, who was 3-for-4, added an RBI single.