Mitsunobu Takahashi drove in the tiebreaking run on Shigeki Furuki's fielder's choice in the seventh inning, leading the Chunichi Dragons to a 4-2 win over the beleaguered Yomiuri Giants to complete a three-game sweep in the Central League on Sunday.
Tohoku Rakuten's Ryutaro Tsuji tries to score on Akihito Fujii's bases-loaded sacrifice fly but is
tagged out at home plate in the seventh inning against the Seibu Lions at Fullcast Stadium on Sunday.
Seibu beat the Eagles 4-3.
KYODO PHOTOKenta Asakura (9-3) pitched two-run ball with seven strikeouts over seven effective innings, leading the front-running Dragons to their ninth consecutive win over Yomiuri. Chunichi is undefeated in seven consecutive games, including a tie.
Yomiuri took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth on RBI singles from Yoshinobu Takahashi and Kenji Yano, but Alex Ochoa and Masahiko Morino hit a run-scoring single and RBI groundout, respectively, to tie it 2-2 in the bottom half.