TOKYO (Interstat) — Yukihiro Iwata singled home the go-ahead run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Yakult Swallows to a 4-3 victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Saturday at Meiji Jingu Stadium.

Yokohama jumped ahead with three runs in the first inning when Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh homered to right-center. Yakult responded with single runs in the first, third and fifth innings to tie the game, then completed the comeback in the ninth.

The Swallows outhit the BayStars 9-5. Shohta Masui started and allowed three runs on three hits over six innings while striking out three. Noboru Shimizu pitched a scoreless ninth inning, striking out one, to earn the win and improve to 2-1. Koh Nakagawa took the loss for Yokohama, falling to 4-5.

Yakult improved to 48-55-1. Yokohama dropped to 48-55-3. Attendance was 29,228, and the game lasted 3 hours, 24 minutes. The Swallows have won two straight in the series.