TOKYO (Interstat) — Taichi Yamano struck out seven over five shutout innings as the Yakult Swallows beat the Yomiuri Giants 4-3 on Tuesday evening at Tokyo Dome before 10,596 fans.

Yamano allowed three hits and no earned runs. Tomoya Hoshi (1-1) pitched a scoreless seventh for the win, and Jose Quijada earned his 18th save with a one-hit ninth.

Yakult scored first in the sixth on Yudai Koga’s RBI groundout. Takumi Ohshiro answered with a solo home run in the bottom half for Yomiuri. The Giants tied it in the seventh on Makoto Kadowaki’s RBI double.

The Swallows regained the lead in the eighth when Yuhei Nakamura’s fielder’s choice brought home a run, then added insurance in the ninth on Shu Masuda’s fielder’s choice. Yomiuri managed only one run after the sixth.

Shosei Togo took a no-decision after allowing one earned run over seven innings with seven strikeouts. Raidel Martinez (1-2) took the loss.

Yakult collected five hits, Yomiuri seven. The Swallows improved to 38-31-1, dropping the Giants to 37-31-2. Time of game was 3:35.