Tyrone Woods and Lee Byung Kyu drove in four runs between them, helping power the Chunichi Dragons to a 6-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars in the Central League on Sunday.
Kosuke Fukudome hit a sacrifice fly to make it 1-0 in the opening frame before Woods delivered a two-run double to right-center to extend the lead in the third at Nagoya Dome.
Lee had a two-run, bases-loaded single with one out in the seventh and Norihiro Nakamura capped the inning with his RBI single. Chunichi starter Kenichi Nakata (2-0) threw one-run ball over eight innings, striking out nine with four walks, and Hitoki Iwase got the final out for his fourth save.
Veteran lefty Kimiyasu Kudo (0-2) allowed three runs in six innings of work, but Yokohama could only score on two sacrifice flies in the final two frames.