Alex Ramirez hit a grand slam in the first inning and added an RBI sacrifice fly in the fifth as the Yakult Swallows sent the last-place Hiroshima Carp to their third straight defeat in a 7-6 victory in the Central League on Tuesday.
George Arias of Hanshin hits a sacrifice fly for the "sayonara" run in the bottom of the ninth
inning to lead the Tigers to 5-4 win over the Yokohama BayStars on Tuesday at Osaka Dome.
Hiroshima cut the deficit to 5-4 on Koichi Ogata's solo homer and a three-run blast by Greg Larocca but Yoshiyuki Noguchi's two-run shot in the ninth put the game out of reach at Hiroshima Stadium.
Tigers 5, BayStars 4