YOKOHAMA, Japan (Interstat) — Shugo Maki homered twice and drove in two runs but the Yokohama BayStars could not hold a late lead, settling for a 3-3 tie with the Hiroshima Carp on Thursday evening at Yokohama Stadium before 30,389 fans in 5 hours, 21 minutes.

Hiroshima struck first in the top of the first inning when Shogo Sakakura grounded out with runners on the corners, plating a run. Yokohama answered in the second on Kouki Kajiwara’s RBI double and then took the lead on solo homers by Maki in the third and fifth innings, making it 3-1.

The Carp rallied in the ninth. With the bases loaded, Norihiko Nabara lifted a sacrifice fly to center, and Minoru Ohmori followed with a single to shallow center to tie the score. Neither team scored thereafter.

Kentaro Taira allowed one earned run over five innings with four strikeouts for Yokohama. Masato Morishita gave up three runs in six innings with four strikeouts for Hiroshima. Five Hiroshima relievers combined for five scoreless innings, and Koh Nakagawa pitched a scoreless ninth for the BayStars.

Hiroshima is 27-39-4; Yokohama is 27-42-4.