Kosuke Fukudome and Kazuki Inoue homered and Kenta Asakura pitched six-plus effective innings as the Chunichi Dragons beat the Hiroshima Carp 6-2 to end their four-game skid in the Central League on Tuesday.
Softbank Hawks starter Nagisa Arakaki reaches out for the ball hit by Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
outfielder Teppei Tsuchiya in the fifth inning on Tuesday at Morioka Stadium. The Eagles won 8-6.
KYODO PHOTOHirokazu Ibata hit a one-out double in the fourth after the first 10 Dragons were retired by Hiroshima lefty Ken Takahashi (1-3) and Fukudome followed with a two-run drive over the right-field fence to break a scoreless tie at Fukui prefectural stadium.
Inoue made it 3-0 with a leadoff shot in the fifth before Motonobu Tanishige doubled and scored on an RBI single by Ibata to give the Dragons a four-run cushion.