Keiji Obiki drove in three early runs with a two-out, bases-loaded double on Sunday afternoon as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows snapped a three-week losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars.
The Swallows had been one defeat away from eclipsing their Central League-record of 16 straight losses set by the team in 1970. The Tokyo-based club had not won since May 12 and had fallen from second place to last, over 12 games out of first.
DeNA starter Haruhiro Hamaguchi (2-3) gave up back-to-back singles to Norichika Aoki and Tetsuto Yamada in the first inning at Yokohama Stadium, and found himself in an early bases-loaded jam after Wladimir Balentien reached on a mishandled grounder by first baseman Jose Lopez.