Ohshiro’s Pinch-Hit, 3-Run Homer Lifts Giants Over BayStars
TOKYO (Interstat) — Takumi Ohshiro launched a decisive three-run, pinch-hit homer in the seventh inning Sunday, propelling the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Yokohama BayStars at Tokyo Dome.
The two-out blast to right field off reliever Hiromu Ise erased a 1-0 deficit before a crowd of 42,034. Yokohama had taken the lead on Keita Sano’s fourth-inning solo home run off Giants starter Haruto Inoue.
Inoue earned the win, allowing one run on three hits with eight strikeouts over seven strong innings. Yokohama’s Yutaro Ishida took the loss. The BayStars scored a ninth-inning run on Toshiro Miyazaki’s RBI double before Yomiuri’s Raidel Martinez secured the save.
Yomiuri improved to 5-4, while Yokohama fell to 2-7.