Omar Linares hit a pinch-hit, three-run homer to turn the game around Thursday as the Chunichi Dragons came from two runs down to beat the Yomiuri Giants 8-3 in the Central League.
Masahiro Araki of Chunichi hits a solo homer off Yomiuri Giants starter Kimiyasu Kudo at Tokyo Dome. The Dragons won 8-3.
After an RBI single by Hiroyuki Watanabe made it 2-1 in favor of Yomiuri at Tokyo Dome, Linares and Masahiro Araki connected for back-to-back homers off Kimiyasu Kudo (9-6) in the fifth inning. Linares hit for Chunichi starter Takashi Ogasawara.