Alex Ochoa went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Masahiko Morino drove in six runs in a 4-for-5 outing, powering the Chunichi Dragons to a 16-0 blowout of the Chiba Lotte Marines in interleague play on Thursday.
Yakult Swallows catcher Tomohito Yoneno reaches out to tag out Seibu Lions runner Shogo Akada in the seventh inning on Thursday at Invoice Seibu Dome. The Swallows won 5-1.
Ochoa broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single with two outs in the fourth and added run-scoring singles in a five-run fifth and five-run sixth.
Morino hit a three-run blast to make it 4-0 in the fourth and padded the lead with an RBI single and run-scoring double later. Mitsunobu Takahashi hit a two-run shot in the seventh to cap the scoring in an 18-hit onslaught.