Motonobu Tanishige hit a pair of solo homers and Maximo Nelson (8-13) yielded a shot to Hayato Sakamoto for his only miscue over seven strong innings as the Chunichi Dragons defeated the Yomiuri 3-1 on Saturday.
Tanishige went deep off Kentaro Nishimura (7-2) leading off the fifth and hammered another shot over the left-field wall in the ninth.
The Dragons' Takehiro Donoue had a run-scoring double to break a 1-1 tie in the seventh.