Yoshinobu Takahashi broke a 4-4 tie with a solo homer off newcomer Mark Watson with one out in the seventh inning and the Yomiuri Giants held on for a three-game sweep of the Hiroshima Carp with a 6-4 victory in the Central League on Thursday.
Takahashi went 3-for-4 at Tokyo Dome with his 24th homer of the season. Yomiuri scored its sixth run on Watson's wild pitch in the eighth, sending the Carp back into last place in the CL standings.
Yomiuri reliever Brian Sikorski (4-3) got the win after pitching two scoreless innings and second-year right-hander Yuya Kubo picked up his sixth save.