TOKYO (Interstat) — Haruto Inoue pitched eight dominant innings and Trey Cabbage hit a home run as the Yomiuri Giants blanked the Yokohama BayStars 2-0 on Friday evening at Tokyo Dome.

Inoue allowed three hits and struck out nine without yielding an earned run, improving to 3-3. Kentaro Taira took the loss, falling to 2-2 after allowing two runs on three hits over five innings with four strikeouts. Raidel Martinez earned his 11th save with a scoreless ninth.

Yomiuri scored both runs in the fifth. Cabbage led off with a home run to left-center. Later in the inning, Inoue helped his own cause with a sacrifice fly to left, scoring the second run. Shunsuke Urata had two hits for the Giants.

Yokohama managed four hits off three Yomiuri pitchers, with Ryuki Watarai collecting two singles.

Attendance was 42,179. The game lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes. The Giants improved to 21-18, while the BayStars fell to 19-18-2.