Kinami’s 10th-Inning Blast Lifts Hanshin Over Hiroshima in Extra-Inning Slugfest
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Interstat) — Seiya Kinami hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning Saturday night, lifting the Hanshin Tigers to a 7-5 win over the Hiroshima Carp at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium.
The Tigers built an early 2-1 lead before the Carp tied it in the fourth. Hiroshima took a 5-2 lead with solo homers from Shogo Akiyama in the seventh and Tai Sasaki in the eighth. Hanshin rallied for three runs in the ninth to force extras, capped by Takumu Nakano’s two-run single, before Kinami’s decisive blast.
Dauri Moreta earned the win in relief for Hanshin (6-2). Rafael Dolis secured the save. Taiga Tsuji took the loss for Hiroshima (3-4). A crowd of 31,414 watched the game, which lasted 3 hours, 59 minutes.