YOKOHAMA (Interstat) — Keita Sano hit a first-inning grand slam and finished 3 for 4 with four RBIs as the Yokohama BayStars blanked the Yomiuri Giants 5-0 on Sunday evening at Yokohama Stadium. Yu Takeda earned the win, allowing five hits over 6 2/3 scoreless innings with three walks and six strikeouts. He improved to 3-3. Teruki Yoshino struck out three in a perfect inning, while Koh Nakagawa and Naoki Wakamatsu completed the shutout. Yokohama added a run in the second on Tatsuo Ebina’s sacrifice fly. The BayStars grounded into two double plays and had seven hits. Shinnosuke Ogasawara took the loss for Yomiuri, giving up four runs on four hits in four innings with one walk and three strikeouts. He fell to 4-4. Yomiuri’s bullpen pitched four scoreless innings, including one each from Takahiro Norimoto, Yamato Shiroki, Ryuta Heinai and Hiromasa Funabasama. The Giants had five hits. The game took 2 hours, 36 minutes and drew 32,727. Yomiuri is 70-57-2. Yokohama is 62-63-3.