Shinnosuke Abe hit a pair of homers, including a go-ahead two-run shot in the ninth inning, to lift the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-2 win over the Yakult Swallows on Friday for their third straight victory.
Chiba Lotte's Daisuke Hayakawa makes a head-first slide to secure a triple in the seventh inning against
the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters at Chiba Marine Stadium on Friday. The Marines won 2-0.
KYODO PHOTOAbe connected off Shugo Fujii for a solo drive to center in the second and sent an offering from Shingo Takatsu (0-5) to right with one out in the ninth after Yakult made it 2-1 through six innings on an Alex Ramirez double and a Hiroyasu Tanaka RBI single.