Yakult Swallows hurler Seth Greisinger took the mound against the most potent offense in Japanese baseball and responded with eight shutout innings to lead his ballclub to a 3-0 victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Saturday night.

News photoYomiuri Giants starter Jeremy Powell delivers a pitch during Saturday's game against the Swallows at Tokyo Dome. Tokyo Yakult blanked the Giants 3-0. KYODO PHOTO

Greisinger (12-4) struck out nine and gave up just four hits to the disappointment of the majority of the 44,454 fans in attendance at Tokyo Dome.