Hidenori Kuramoto, Tyrone Woods and Norihiro Nakamura all homered Tuesday to power the Chunichi Dragons to a 3-1 victory over the Yomiuri Giants in the Central League.
Dragons slugger Tyrone Woods watches his solo homer leave the field in the fourth inning against Yomiuri
at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday. Chunichi defeated the Giants 3-1.
KYODO PHOTOMichihiro Ogasawara put Yomiuri ahead with an RBI single in the first inning but Kuramoto tied it in the second with his shot before Woods' go-ahead drive in the fourth and Nakamura's blast in the sixth helped the Dragons take a one-game lead in the league.