NAGOYA (Interstat) — Hiroki Fukunaga homered in the sixth inning and hit a two-run triple in the seventh, lifting the Chunichi Dragons to a 5-4 victory over the Hiroshima Carp on Wednesday night at Nagoya Dome.

Fukunaga finished 3 for 4 with three RBIs. Hiroshima took the lead in the first on Shogo Sakakura’s RBI double, then Keisuke Sato smacked a three-run homer in the fifth for a 4-0 advantage. Chunichi answered with a run in the bottom of the fifth, Fukunaga’s solo shot in the sixth made it 4-2, and his two-run triple with two outs in the seventh put the Dragons ahead.

Chunichi improved to 52-70-3, while Hiroshima dropped to 48-64-4. Kohki Saitoh (4-3) earned the win with an inning of relief. Freddy Tarnok (0-5) took the loss. Shinya Matsuyama pitched a hitless ninth with two strikeouts for his 26th save.

Attendance was 36,664, and the game lasted 3 hours, 11 minutes.