YOKOHAMA, Japan (Interstat) — The Yomiuri Giants scored five runs in the ninth inning to erase a one-run deficit and defeat the Yokohama BayStars 9-8 on Saturday. Yokohama built an early lead with home runs from Masayuki Kuwahara and Tatsuo Ebina, who drove in two runs in the eighth to put the BayStars ahead 8-4. Yomiuri’s Kazuma Okamoto went 4 for 4 with three RBIs, and Trey Cabbage added a home run. The Giants’ Ryuta Heinai earned the win, while Raidel Martinez secured his 45th save. A crowd of 33,739 at Yokohama Stadium watched the four-hour, five-minute contest.