OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — Hidetoshi Ibaragi tossed six scoreless innings and Shota Morishita hit a solo home run as the Hanshin Tigers blanked the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2-0 on Thursday evening at Osaka Dome.

A crowd of 42,602 saw the game, called after seven innings. Morishita led off the fourth inning with his homer to left. Yusuke Ohyama added an RBI single later in the frame, providing all the offense.

Ibaragi allowed five hits and struck out five for his first win. Yasunobu Okugawa took the loss for Yakult, yielding two runs on five hits over five innings. Takuma Kirishiki earned the save with a scoreless seventh.

Hanshin improved to 8-4. Yakult fell to 8-3.