Motonobu Tanishige hit a three-run homer and Alex Ochoa went 3-for-5 with two RBIs as the Chunichi Dragons beat the Hiroshima Carp 10-2 for their seventh straight victory in the Central League on Tuesday.
Hanshin's Makoto Imaoka hits a tie-breaking solo homer off Yomiuri Giants starter Masumi
Kuwata at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
The CL front-runners built a 7-0 lead through three innings at Fukui Stadium, chasing Ken Takahashi (3-6) after 2 1/3 innings, and cruised to their seventh win in as many games for the first time since May 2002.
Domingo Guzman (5-2) limited the damage to a pair of solo shots by Andy Sheets over seven innings of work and two relievers held Hiroshima to a hit the rest of the way. Chunichi infielder Kazuyoshi Tatsunami made his 2,000th career regular-season appearance.