HIROSHIMA (Interstat) — Masato Morishita pitched six innings of one-run ball and Shogo Sakakura hit a two-run homer Thursday night, Sept. 24, 2026, as the Hiroshima Carp defeated the Yomiuri Giants 3-1 at MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima. Morishita allowed five hits, walked one and struck out six over six innings. Yuhi Nishidate took the loss, yielding three earned runs on four hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings. Daisuke Moriura earned the save with a scoreless inning. Sakakura went 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Naru Katsuda added two hits and an RBI for Hiroshima. Bobby Dalbec homered for Yomiuri. Daichi Ohsera struck out three in a scoreless inning, and Atsushi Endoh also pitched a scoreless inning for Hiroshima. Yamato Shiroki, Hiromasa Funabasama and Tatsuya Ishikawa combined for scoreless relief for Yomiuri. Hiroshima improved to 55-75-4. Yomiuri dropped to 74-61-2. The game drew 19,883 fans and lasted 2 hours, 58 minutes.