YOKOHAMA, Japan (Interstat) — Haruto Inoue pitched six innings of five-hit ball, striking out four and allowing two earned runs, and the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Yokohama BayStars 4-3 on Sunday evening at Yokohama Stadium. The Giants scored all their runs in the first inning on Shunsuke Sasaki’s grand slam. Yokohama answered with two runs in the fifth on RBI singles by Keita Sano and Atsushi Katsumata, then added one in the sixth on a Shion Matsuo single. Raidel Martinez earned his 27th save with a perfect ninth inning. Kentaro Shinogi took the loss, allowing four runs on three hits over five innings. Both teams finished with five hits. Attendance was 32,592, and the game lasted 3 hours, 14 minutes. Yomiuri improved to 42-36-2, while Yokohama fell to 33-45-3.