OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — The Yakult Swallows edged the Hanshin Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday night at Osaka Dome, rebounding from a loss a day earlier. A crowd of 42,571 saw the Swallows scratch out a first-inning run on Yudai Koga’s sacrifice fly. The Tigers answered with two in their half, but Yakult reclaimed the lead for good with two runs in the sixth on RBI hits from Shu Masuda and Yoshihiro Akahane. Five Yakult relievers combined for five scoreless innings after starter Kengo Matsumoto allowed two runs over four frames. Yu Hirosawa earned the win and Jose Quijada secured his fourth save. Hanshin starter Easton Lucas struck out six but took a tough loss. Yakult improved to 8-2, while Hanshin fell to 7-4. The teams meet again Thursday.