Catcher Atsuya Furuta hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning Wednesday to power the Yakult Swallows to a 6-1 win over the Yomiuri Giants.
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Ken Suzuki gave the Swallows a 4-1 lead in the eighth inning at Tokyo Dome with a solo homer off Yomiuri reliever Hideki Okajima and Furuta widened the lead in the next inning with his 19th homer of the season.