HIROSHIMA (Interstat) — Ryosuke Kikuchi homered and drove in two runs as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Chunichi Dragons 11-4 on Tuesday night at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium. Hiroshima scored twice in the fourth, erupted for eight runs in the seventh and added one in the eighth. Kikuchi’s homer highlighted the seventh. Taiki Mochimaru went 3 for 4 with three RBIs, Shogo Sakakura hit a solo homer and drove in two, and Konosuke Tatsumi doubled in two runs. Miguel Sano hit two home runs and drove in three, and Ryuku Tsuchida singled in a run in the ninth for Chunichi. Shun Okamoto (7-6) earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief. Yuki Hashimoto (4-2) took the loss. Hiroshima had 15 hits, while Chunichi had 10. Chunichi grounded into three double plays. The game lasted 3 hours 52 minutes before an announced crowd of 23,968. Hiroshima improved to 41-58-2; Chunichi fell to 46-63-1.