Shuichi Murata homered twice and drove in six runs and Yoshihiro Doi held a power-laden lineup to one run over seven sharp innings, leading the Yokohama BayStars to a 9-1 rout of the Yomiuri Giants in the Central League on Saturday.
Shuichi Murata exploded for six RBIs during the BayStars' 9-1 win over Yomiuri on Saturday.
Murata hit a three-run blast in the second, belted a two-run drive to the seats in right again in the seventh -- both off starter Hisanori Takahashi -- and keyed a four-run eighth with a run-scoring double at Tokyo Dome as Yokohama won its first game of the regular season.