YOKOHAMA, Japan (Interstat) — The Yokohama BayStars erased an early deficit with a four-run third inning and held on to defeat the Hiroshima Carp 4-3 on Saturday afternoon at Yokohama Stadium.

Hiroshima took a 1-0 lead in the third on Minoru Ohmori’s RBI single. Yokohama responded in the bottom half, sending nine men to bat. Keita Sano’s two-run double tied it before Yuudai Yamamoto and Yota Kyoda followed with run-scoring singles for a 4-1 lead.

Carp catcher Shogo Sakakura hit a two-run homer in the seventh, but Yokohama’s bullpen sealed the win. Winning pitcher Katsuki Azuma allowed one earned run over seven innings for the BayStars. Freddy Tarnok took the loss for Hiroshima. Attendance was 32,924. The game took 2 hours, 38 minutes.