Kentaro Sekimoto went 3-for-4 with a grand slam and five RBIs and Yuya Ando threw his second complete game of the season, leading the Hanshin Tigers to a 7-1 rout of the Chunichi Dragons on Friday.
Sekimoto capped a two-run first inning with an RBI single and extended Hanshin's lead to 6-0 in the fifth when he connected off Kenshin Kawakami (7-5) for his first career bases-loaded homer in the Central League game at Koshien Stadium.
Ando (9-5) allowed five hits, struck out seven and walked none. The right-hander had a shutout until Masaumi Shimizu hit a run-scoring single with no outs in the eighth.