HIROSHIMA (Interstat) — Kenya Suzuki pitched five strong innings and Sandro Fabian homered to lead the Hiroshima Carp past the Chunichi Dragons 4‑1 on Wednesday evening at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium.
(Interstat) — Hiroshima struck first with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Fabian’s two-run home run highlighted the rally, and Tai Sasaki added an RBI double. Chunichi answered with one run in the top of the frame on Jason Vosler’s RBI single, but the Carp regained command on Taiki Mochimaru’s solo homer in the fourth.
Suzuki (1-2) allowed one earned run on five hits with three strikeouts over five innings for the win. Daisuke Moriura pitched the ninth for his 15th save. Chunichi’s Yorinosuke Sakurai (2-5) took the loss, giving up four runs in more than five innings.
Hiroshima improved to 42-58-2, while Chunichi fell to 46-64-1. Attendance was 23,208, and the game lasted 3 hours, 10 minutes.