Norihiro Akahoshi tied the game on an RBI sacrifice fly and Mike Kinkade singled home the go-ahead run in a two-run sixth inning as the Hanshin Tigers came from behind to edge the Chunichi Dragons 2-1 in the Central League on Thursday.
Tatsuhiko Kinjo (left) and Hitoshi Tamura share the limelight Thursday night after their two-run homers brought the Yokohama BayStars back from a 1-3 deficit against the Yomiuri Giants for a 5-3 win in the 10th inning at Tokyo Dome.Keiichi Yabu led off the sixth with a single off Masafumi Hirai (0-2) and came around to score the tying run after a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Motonobu Tanishige gave the home team a 1-0 lead in the second at Nagoya Dome.
Swallows 7, Carp 6
At Jingu Stadium, Yakult scored two runs, including the game winner, on a double defensive error by Hiroshima while Atsuya Furuta connected for an infield single with two out and runners at the corners in the eighth inning of a 27-hit slugfest.
BayStars 5, Giants 3
At Tokyo Dome, Hitoshi Tamura forced an extra inning on a two-run homer in the eighth inning and Tatsuhiko Kinjo connected for a two-run homer of his own off Hideki Okajima (0-1) in the 10th as Yokohama overcame a three-run deficit against Yomiuri.
Eddie Gaillard (1-1) pitched a hitless ninth for his first win this season in his new role as a setup man while Kazuhiro Sasaki worked the 10th for the save.