HIROSHIMA (Interstat) — Naru Katsuda hit a sacrifice fly with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift the Hiroshima Carp past the Yomiuri Giants 2-1 on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 22, 2026, at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium. Kenya Suzuki pitched a scoreless inning for the win, improving to 3-2. Yuji Akahoshi took the loss for Yomiuri, falling to 6-4. Shogo Tamamura started for Hiroshima and allowed one earned run on five hits over six-plus innings, striking out five. Shosei Togo started for Yomiuri and gave up one earned run on two hits in five innings, walking two and striking out seven. Keisuke Sato singled in a run, and Takumi Ohshiro tied it with an RBI single. Hiroshima’s bullpen combined for five scoreless innings, with Atsushi Endoh, Daisuke Moriura, Freddy Tarnok, Suzuki and Daichi Ohsera holding Yomiuri to one hit. The Carp improved to 54-74-4. The Giants fell to 73-60-2. Attendance was 32,362. Time of game was 3:53.