TOKYO (Interstat) — The Tokyo Yakult Swallows scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning to stun the Yomiuri Giants 4-3 on Saturday night at Meiji Jingu Stadium.

Trailing 3-2, Yakult’s Kazuya Maruyama led off the ninth with a game-tying double. After a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk, Hideki Nagaoka delivered a walk-off single to shallow center, scoring Maruyama. Nagaoka finished 4 for 5.

Yomiuri built its lead on solo home runs from Shunsuke Sasaki in the third and Bobby Dalbec in the sixth. Giants starter Bryan Mata allowed one run over six strong innings, but reliever Raidel Martinez took the loss.

Yakult starter Yasunobu Okugawa struck out six over seven innings, and Noboru Shimizu earned the win with a scoreless ninth. The Swallows improved to 13-5, while the Giants fell to 10-8. Attendance was 29,316.