NAGOYA (Interstat) — Ryoji Kuribayashi struck out 10 over seven innings and led the Hiroshima Carp to a 5-2 victory over the Chunichi Dragons on Thursday night at Nagoya Dome.

Kuribayashi allowed six hits and two earned runs, and improved to 6-5. Daisuke Moriura worked a one-hit ninth, striking out three, for his 19th save.

Chunichi took a 2-0 lead in the third inning when Takaya Ishikawa homered to left-center with a runner aboard. Hiroshima answered with three runs in the fourth. Tai Sasaki doubled in a run, and Minoru Ohmori singled home two. The Carp extended the lead in the seventh on Shogo Sakakura’s RBI double and Sasaki’s sacrifice fly.

Yumeto Kanemaru (5-10) took the loss after allowing three earned runs over six innings. Hiroshima collected 10 hits while Chunichi had eight. Attendance was 36,658, and the game lasted 3 hours 25 minutes. Hiroshima improved to 49-64-4 and Chunichi fell to 52-71-3.