TOKYO (Interstat) — Yomiuri defeated Yakult 3-2 Tuesday evening at Tokyo Dome in front of 42,228 fans. The game lasted 2 hours, 25 minutes.

Takumi Ohshiro’s three-run homer in the fourth inning proved decisive. Ohshiro connected with one out and runners on first and second, sending the ball over the right-field wall.

Yakult answered in the sixth. Domingo Santana led off with a solo home run to left-center. Later in the inning, with one out and runners on the corners, Keigo Kitamura grounded out to shortstop, scoring a run that pulled the Swallows within one.

Yuji Akahoshi earned the win, allowing three hits and no earned runs over five innings with three strikeouts. Kojiro Yoshimura took the loss despite pitching eight innings, surrendering two hits and three earned runs while striking out four. Raidel Martinez notched his 10th save with a perfect ninth, striking out one.

Yakult outhit Yomiuri 6-2 but could not overcome Ohshiro’s blast. The Giants improved to 17-15, while the Swallows fell to 20-13.