TOKYO (Interstat) — Ryui Itoh’s two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday night lifted the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to a 2-1 victory over the Hiroshima Carp at Meiji Jingu Stadium.

The Swallows remained undefeated at 5-0, while the Carp fell to 3-2.

Hiroshima’s Minoru Ohmori broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the sixth off Yakult starter Yasunobu Okugawa, who allowed one run over seven innings. Carp starter Shun Okamoto threw seven scoreless frames.

In the ninth, Hiroshima reliever Daisuke Moriura allowed two hits and was charged with both runs, taking the loss. Yakult’s Kengo Matsumoto earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief.

The game time was 2 hours, 57 minutes before a crowd of 26,896.