SAITAMA (Interstat) — Urawa Reds beat visiting Omiya Ardija 3-2 on Wednesday at Saitama Stadium 2002, using a three-goal burst to withstand a late rally. Shuta Sasa opened the scoring in the 60th minute, and Renji Hidano doubled the lead in the 63rd. Yuzuki Kobayashi answered for Omiya in the 64th, but Ado Onaiwu restored Urawa’s two-goal cushion in the 79th. Toya Izumi scored in the 82nd to pull Omiya within one. Urawa improved to 1-0 in the competition and 2-0 overall. Omiya dropped to 0-1 in the competition and 0-1 overall. Yellow cards went to Urawa’s Kudo in the 24th, Omiya’s Kaua Diniz in the 48th, Kidera in the 59th and Motegi in the 86th. Urawa made substitutions in the 22nd, 71st and 80th minutes, while Omiya changed players in the 46th, 61st, 78th and 80th minutes. Urawa had won at Toyama 3-2 in its previous match.