NAGOYA, Japan (Interstat) — Yudai Ohno pitched seven strong innings and the Chunichi Dragons defeated the Hiroshima Carp 10-1 on Friday night at Nagoya Dome.

Ohno allowed three hits and one earned run while striking out four to improve to 7-4. Masato Morishita took the loss for Hiroshima, falling to 5-6 after giving up five earned runs on six hits in five innings.

Chunichi jumped ahead in the first inning on a solo home run by Seiya Hosokawa. Hiroshima tied the game in the fourth on Sandro Fabian’s solo shot, but the Dragons answered with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, including an RBI double by Yuta Ishii and a bases-loaded walk to Yuki Okabayashi.

Chunichi added two runs in the fifth on Miguel Sano’s solo homer and a sacrifice fly by Jason Vosler. The Dragons broke the game open with five runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Takaya Ishikawa drove in two with a double in the sixth and Ishii added an RBI single. Okabayashi singled home a run in the seventh.

Miguel Sano, Hosokawa and Fabian each homered. Attendance was 36,659. Game time was 2:44. The Dragons improved to 31-48-3 while the Carp fell to 30-43-4.