Daiei hurler Junji Hoshino pitched a three-hitter for his second win of the year as the Pacific League-leading Hawks edged the Kintetsu Buffaloes 3-2 at the Osaka Dome on Sunday.
Hoshino struck out four and went the distance on 105 pitches for his first career complete-game win with no walks.
The Buffs drew first blood in the fifth inning on Akihito Igarashi's two-run homer -- his first dinger since joining Kintetsu from the Orix BlueWave this season.
In the seventh inning, Hawks slugger Hiroki Kokubo nailed a solo homer to narrow Kintetsu's lead. Followup Nobuhiko Matsunaka singled before Kenji Jojima smacked a two-run homer to give Daiei a 3-2 lead.
BlueWave 4, Lions 2
Orix hurler Ed Yarnall (2-2) gave up two runs on six hits over 7 2/3 innings and two relievers shut out Seibu the rest of the way as the BlueWave beat the Lions at Kamoike Stadium in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Marines 3, Fighters 2
Lotte starter Naoyuki Shimizu held Nippon Ham to one run over seven innings and lifted the Marines to victory at the Tokyo Dome for a three-game sweep of the Fighters.
CENTRAL LEAGUE
Swallows 2, Dragons 1 (12)
Atsuya Furuta singled up the third-base line for the game-winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning as Yakult beat Chunichi with a "sayonara" victory at Matsuyama Stadium in Ehime Prefecture.
Carp at BayStars -- ppd.
Giants at Tigers -- ppd.