Masahiko Morino knocked in two key runs with a homer and an infield single, leading the Central League-leading Chunichi Dragons over the Yomiuri Giants 7-4 for their third straight win on Sunday.
Chunichi's Kosuke Fukudome slides into home plate in the first inning against the Yomiuri Giants at
Nagoya Dome on Sunday. Fukudome scored but injured his foot after colliding with catcher Ken Kato. The Dragons won 7-4.
Morino hit a leadoff homer in the third inning to tie the game at 2 and drove in the go-ahead run in the next frame with a two-out infield single at Nagoya Dome, where Yomiuri suffered its sixth consecutive loss to fall below .500 for the first time this season.
Hirokazu Ibata followed Morino with a two-run triple off Koji Uehara (2-4), making it 5-2. The Yomiuri right-hander was charged with five runs -- two earned -- and nine hits in six innings.