TOKYO (Interstat) — Hideki Nagaoka hit a two-out solo home run in the seventh inning, lifting the Yakult Swallows to a 1-0 win over the Yomiuri Giants on Friday, Aug. 7, at Tokyo Dome.

Nagaoka’s homer to left field was the only scoring of the game, breaking a scoreless tie. He finished 2-for-4 for the Swallows, who totaled nine hits.

Yasunobu Okugawa pitched a nine-inning complete-game shutout, scattering two hits while striking out seven to earn his fifth win against seven losses.

Okugawa outdueled Spencer Howard, who allowed one run on nine hits with eight strikeouts over seven innings to take the loss. Howard fell to 1-2, and Yomiuri dropped to 53-44-2. The Giants managed just two hits.

Yukihiro Iwata was 2-for-3 for Yakult, which improved to 45-53-1. Kenshin Hotta and Shunya Morita each pitched a scoreless inning of relief for Yomiuri.

The game took 2 hours, 36 minutes and drew an announced crowd of 42,384.