HIROSHIMA, Japan (Interstat) — Ryosuke Kikuchi homered and Minoru Ohmori tripled in a two-run eighth inning as the Hiroshima Carp rallied past the Chunichi Dragons 3-1 on Friday at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium.

Chunichi took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when starter Hiroto Takahashi laid down a sacrifice bunt with one out and runners on first and third, scoring a runner. Takahashi allowed four hits and struck out seven in seven scoreless innings. Hiroshima tied the game in the seventh, then Kikuchi opened the eighth with a solo homer to left. Ohmori added an RBI triple with two outs.

Taichi Taka earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief, improving to 2-2. Daisuke Moriura struck out two in a hitless ninth for his 12th save. Yuki Hashimoto took the loss, yielding two runs in one inning, falling to 3-1.

Hiroki Tokoda gave up one run over seven innings for Hiroshima. Each team had six hits. Hiroshima improved to 36-50-2; Chunichi dropped to 38-56-1.