TOKYO (Interstat) — Bobby Dalbec hit two home runs and drove in five runs to lead the Yomiuri Giants to an 8-2 victory over the Yakult Swallows on Wednesday evening at Meiji Jingu Stadium.

The game was completed in seven innings. Yomiuri scored three runs in the fourth, one in the fifth, three in the sixth and one in the seventh. Yakult scored a run in the third on a solo homer by Domingo Santana and another in the ninth on a solo shot by Shu Masuda.

Yuhi Nishidate earned the win, allowing one earned run on four hits over seven innings with five strikeouts. Yasunobu Okugawa took the loss. Go Matsumoto had three hits for Yomiuri.

Attendance was 29,155. The game lasted 3 hours, 1 minute. Yomiuri improved to 43-37-2, while Yakult fell to 41-40-1.