YOKOHAMA, Japan (Interstat) — Haruto Inoue pitched six strong innings Sunday as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Yokohama BayStars 4-1 at Yokohama Stadium.

Inoue allowed three hits and no earned runs while striking out three to improve to 2-2. Yutaro Ishida took the loss for Yokohama, falling to 1-3 after giving up seven hits and two earned runs with six strikeouts over six innings. Raidel Martinez earned his seventh save with a scoreless ninth.

Yomiuri scored first in the second on Yuto Kohama’s two-out single. Yukinori Kishida added an RBI single in the fourth. After the BayStars answered with a run in the sixth, the Giants tacked on two in the eighth on a sacrifice fly and a bases-loaded walk by Kohama, who finished 2 for 3 with two RBIs.

The Giants outhit Yokohama 10-3 in front of 33,570 fans. The game lasted 3 hours, 3 minutes.

Yomiuri improved to 14-10, while Yokohama fell to 11-12.