NAGOYA, Japan (Interstat) — Shunsuke Sasaki drove in three runs, including a solo homer, and Masahiro Tanaka earned the win as the Yomiuri Giants held off the Chunichi Dragons 6-5 on Wednesday night at Nagoya Dome.

Yomiuri built a 6-1 lead, scoring three in the first on RBI singles from Yuta Izuguchi and Sasaki, who later homered in the sixth. Chunichi rallied for three runs in the seventh, highlighted by Hiroki Fukunaga’s two-run homer, but fell short.

Tanaka allowed two runs over 5 2/3 innings for the Giants, who improved to 3-2. Taisei Ota secured the save. Masaki Nakanishi took the loss for the winless Dragons, now 0-5. Attendance was 36,647.