NAGOYA, Japan (Interstat) — Teruaki Sato launched two home runs and drove in five as the Hanshin Tigers defeated the Chunichi Dragons 9-3 on Saturday at Nagoya Dome.

Sato hit a three-run shot in the seventh inning and a two-run homer in the ninth, powering the Tigers to their third straight win. Hanshin built an early lead with solo homers from Shota Morishita in the first and Yusuke Ohyama in the second.

Winning pitcher Takato Ihara allowed one run over six innings for Hanshin (10-4). Miguel Sano hit a two-run homer in the eighth for the Dragons (3-10), who lost for the seventh time in eight games. Yudai Ohno took the loss.

Attendance was 36,678. The game took 3 hours, 8 minutes.