Takashi Toritani opened the scoring with a two-run homer and Naohisa Sugiyama pitched seven effective innings Saturday as the Hanshin Tigers beat the Yokohama BayStars 5-3 to extend their unbeaten streak to five games, including a tie.
Hanshin Tigers starting pitcher Naohisa Sugiyama hits a two-run bases-loaded single in the fourth inning against the Yokohama BayStars on Saturday at Yokohama Stadium. The Tigers won 5-3.
KYODO PHOTOHanshin took a 3-0 lead in the second inning on back-to-back homers from Toritani and Akihiro Yano and made it 5-0 when Sugiyama hit a bases-loaded two-run single off Takumi Nasuno (3-7) in the fourth in the Central League game at Yokohama Stadium.
Yokohama pulled within two runs after an RBI triple by Shuichi Murata and a sacrifice fly by Masaaki Koike in the bottom of the fourth and a seventh-inning solo shot by Takuro Ishii, but the rally ended there.