Chen Wei-yin threw two-run ball over seven innings and Masahiko Morino homered and drove in three runs as the Chunichi Dragons routed the Yomiuri Giants 8-3 on Monday.

Motonobu Tanishige capped a two-run first with an RBI single and Morino hit a two-run blast off Tetsuya Utsumi (14-5) for a 4-1 lead in the top of the third before adding an RBI single in the sixth in Chunichi's 12-hit attack at Tokyo Dome.

"I batted well for the first time in a while. Yesterday, I struck out when we had a chance, so I decided to go after the first pitch I saw," Morino said of his first homer since July 14 and ninth of the season. "We have to fight in each game left in the season."