Akinori Iwamura hit two of the Yakult Swallows' five home runs in a 9-7 victory over the Central League-leading Chunichi Dragons on Friday.

News photo Tokyo Yakult Swallows infielder Akinori Iwamura belts a solo homer into the center field bleachers during the first inning of Friday night's game against the Chunichi Dragons at Jingu Stadium. Iwamura added another homer in the third inning as the Swallows beat the Dragons 9-7. KYODO PHOTO

Yakult opened the scoring on a solo homer by Iwamura in the first inning and went ahead 5-1 on two-run homers by Hiroyasu Tanaka in the second and Iwamura in the third at Jingu Stadium.