Ohshiro drives in three as Yomiuri Giants top BayStars

YOKOHAMA (Interstat) — Takumi Ohshiro went 4 for 4 with three RBIs as Yomiuri beat Yokohama 6-3 on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026.

Yomiuri opened the scoring in the first inning when Shunsuke Sasaki stole home in a double steal, and Ohshiro doubled in a run. Yokohama answered in the bottom of the first on Jerar Encarnacion’s groundout. Ohshiro added an RBI single in the third, and Raito Nakayama hit a two-run home run in the fifth. Shugo Maki’s two-run double in the bottom of the fifth cut Yokohama’s deficit to one, but Ohshiro singled in a run in the seventh.

Bryan Mata (1-1) pitched five innings, allowing three earned runs and five hits while striking out seven. Raidel Martinez earned his 32nd save with a scoreless inning, striking out two; Kenshin Hotta and Eito Tanaka also pitched scoreless relief. Shintaro Fujinami (0-1) took the loss. Yomiuri outhit Yokohama 10-6.

Yomiuri improved to 58-50-2. Yokohama fell to 50-57-3. Attendance was 32,658 and the game took 3:36.