Yoshinori Okihara singled home the winning run to give the Hanshin Tigers their second straight "sayonara" win over the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants with a 5-4 victory on Thursday.
Okihara hit a one-out, bases-loaded single off South Korean reliever Chung Min Tae (0-1) in the bottom of the ninth inning at a sellout Koshien Stadium after Koji Goto's two-out, pinch-hit RBI single tied the game in the top half.
Hanshin closer Marc Valdes (3-2) ended up with his second win in as many nights after blowing a save with 1 1/3 innings of work in relief of starter Trey Moore.