Alex Ochoa went 4-for-4 with six RBIs to provide the brunt of offense Sunday as the front-running Chunichi Dragons crushed the Hanshin Tigers 13-5 in the Central League.
Seibu Lions starter Fumiya Nishiguchi releases a pitch against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Sunday at Invoice Seibu Dome. The Lions won 5-2.
KYODO PHOTOOchoa had a game-tying run-scoring single in the bottom of the first and gave Chunichi a 3-2 edge with RBI single in the third inning at Nagoya Dome.
Swallows 8, BayStars 3
At Yokohama Stadium, Yuya Kamada threw five shutout innings with seven strikeouts to set the pace.
Giants 11, Carp 6
At Hiroshima Stadium, Shinnosuke Abe broke a tie with leadoff homer in the seventh inning.
PACIFIC LEAGUE
Lions 5, Eagles 2
At Tokorozawa's Invoice Seibu Dome, Shogo Akada hit a go-ahead triple in a three-run seventh inning as the Lions rallied.
Fighters 8, Marines 5
At Sapporo Dome, Kensuke Tanaka hit a game-tying RBI single in the fifth inning and Michihiro Ogasawara and Tomoyuki Oda followed with two-run doubles.
Hawks 3, Buffaloes 3 (12)
At Fukuoka Yahoo Dome, Softbank played Orix to a draw after 12 innings as each team's bullpen shut down the offense in the final three frames.
Monday's game
CENTRAL LEAGUE
Dragons at Carp -- ppd.
Guzman to go
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Chunichi Dragons right-hander Domingo Guzman will be released at the end of the season, officials of the Central League club said Monday.
The 31-year-old Dominican applied the same day to be placed on waivers.
Guzman had a stint with the Yokohama BayStars before moving to the Dragons and posting 10 wins to help lead the club to the 2004 CL title.
Guzman, however, suffered injuries to his shoulder and elbow later on and finished last season with a record of just 1-2.