Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Yoshinobu Takahashi both hit three-run homers and Hiroki Kokubo chipped in with a solo blast as the first-place Yomiuri Giants routed the Chunichi Dragons 9-3 in the Central League on Thursday.
Kazuhiro Kiyohara of Yomiuri hits an RBI single to center in the eighth inning on Thursday at Tokyo Dome. The Giants beat the Chunichi Dragons 9-3.
Kiyohara delivered a shot off Masahiro Yamamoto (3-2) in the fourth to put the Giants ahead 3-1 as a crowd of 55,000 went into a frenzy at Tokyo Dome. Kiyohara added a single in the eighth to leave him just one shy of his 2,000th career hit.
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