Kensuke Tanaka hit a tiebreaking, two-run triple in the seventh inning, leading the Nippon Ham Fighters to a 5-3 win over the Yokohama BayStars in interleague play on Wednesday at Maruyama Stadium.
Tanaka's triple off Les Walrond (3-5) put the Fighters ahead 4-2 and Hichori Morimoto followed with an RBI single to cap the three-run seventh inning.
Naoki Miyanishi (3-0) won in relief. Shuichi Murata hit a two-run homer for the BayStars in the sixth.
Giants 5, Buffaloes 1