TOKYO (Interstat) — Asahi Miyashita hit a grand slam in the second inning as the Yokohama BayStars edged the Yomiuri Giants 8-7 on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, at Tokyo Dome.

Miyashita finished 2-for-4 with four RBIs. Shugo Maki added a solo homer in the third, and Ryuki Watarai had a two-run single later that inning as Yokohama built an 8-0 lead. The BayStars totaled 10 hits.

Yomiuri answered with seven runs in the sixth, using consecutive RBI singles from Shunsuke Urata, Go Matsumoto, Yuta Izuguchi, Yusei Ishizuka and Shunsuke Sasaki. The Giants also had 10 hits but grounded into three double plays.

Kentaro Shinogi earned the win, improving to 5-2. Sean Reynolds worked a scoreless inning for his fourth save. Kazuyuki Takemaru took the loss, falling to 7-8.

Yokohama improved to 40-51-3. Yomiuri dropped to 51-41-2. The game drew 42,382 and lasted 3 hours, 23 minutes.

Yamato Shiroki struck out two over three hitless innings in relief for Yomiuri.