Kentaro Sekimoto spearheaded the Hanshin Tigers offense with a three-hit performance Tuesday as the Central League front-runners stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 5-3 victory over the Yomiuri Giants.
Sekimoto and Takahiro Arai delivered back-to-back hits off Adrian Burnside (3-2) in the first inning and scored on a two-run single by Lin Wei-chu, who hit safely for the 11th consecutive game.
Hanshin increased the lead to 5-0 after five innings on RBI hits from Sekimoto and Aarom Baldiris and Burnside's balk. Sekimoto added a single in the sixth and finished 3-for-4 at Koshien Stadium.