HIROSHIMA (Interstat) — Shogo Akiyama hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Hiroshima Carp to a 4-3 victory over the Chunichi Dragons on Sunday evening at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium.

Akiyama’s blast off Seiya Yoshida capped the scoring after Chunichi had taken a 3-2 lead in the seventh on Yuta Ishii’s RBI double. Minoru Ohmori also homered for Hiroshima, which had 10 hits. Atsushi Endoh (2-2) pitched a scoreless inning in relief for the win, and Daisuke Moriura worked the ninth for his 13th save.

Chunichi (39-57-1) scored twice in the third on Seishu Higuchi’s RBI single and Miguel Sano’s sacrifice fly. Ishii went 2 for 4, and Kaito Muramatsu had three hits. Hiroshima (37-51-2) tied it in the third on Ohmori’s homer and Shogo Sakakura’s RBI single.

Yoshida (1-2) allowed Akiyama’s homer in relief. Both teams finished with 10 hits. The game lasted 3 hours, 6 minutes before an announced crowd of 28,045.