HIROSHIMA, Japan (Interstat) — Masato Morishita delivered 6 1/3 strong innings and the Hiroshima Carp used back-to-back two-run homers to defeat the Yomiuri Giants 5-2 on Tuesday night at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium.

Morishita allowed two runs on six hits to earn the win before 22,556 fans. The Carp broke a scoreless tie in the fourth on Sandro Fabian’s two-run homer. Minoru Ohmori added another two-run shot in the fifth. Shota Nakazaki earned the save.

The Giants scored twice in the seventh on RBI singles by Riku Masuda and Raito Nakayama but could not complete the comeback. Forrest Whitley took the loss for Yomiuri. The game took 2 hours, 49 minutes.