HIROSHIMA, Japan (Interstat) — Elehuris Montero launched a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday, giving the Hiroshima Carp a 2-1 walk-off victory over the Hanshin Tigers at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium.

The Carp took an early lead in the first on an RBI single by Tai Sasaki. The Tigers tied it in the eighth on Koji Chikamoto’s sacrifice fly. Hiroshima starter Ryoji Kuribayashi struck out nine over eight innings, allowing one run on five hits. Hanshin’s Haruto Takahashi matched him with one run allowed over six strong innings.

Shota Nakazaki earned the win in relief. Takuma Kirishiki took the loss. Attendance was 31,416. The game took 2 hours, 45 minutes. Hanshin is now 6-3. Hiroshima evened its record at 4-4.