TOKYO (Interstat) — The Yakult Swallows defeated the Chunichi Dragons 11-6 on Saturday night at Meiji Jingu Stadium, powered by a five-run third inning.

Yakult’s Shu Masuda launched a three-run homer in the decisive third, part of a 14-hit attack before a crowd of 28,933. Ryui Itoh and Domingo Santana also homered for the Swallows, who improved to 6-1.

Chunichi’s Seiya Hosokawa hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs in the loss. The Dragons fell to 2-6.

Winning pitcher Taichi Yamano allowed four runs over six innings for Yakult. Yorinosuke Sakurai took the loss for Chunichi. The game lasted 3 hours, 58 minutes.