TOKYO (Interstat) — Shunta Mori hit a three-run homer for Chunichi, but pinch-hitter Tetsuto Yamada hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning as the Yakult Swallows beat the Chunichi Dragons 5-3 on Saturday at Meiji Jingu Stadium in the evening. Mori finished 1 for 4 with three RBIs. Yakult answered with three runs in the bottom half, using RBI singles from Ayuto Matsushita and Kazuya Maruyama and Yudai Koga’s run-scoring groundout. Hirotoshi Takanashi started for Yakult and allowed three earned runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings, walking two and striking out six. Yorinosuke Sakurai threw two scoreless innings for Chunichi, allowing one hit and one walk. Nash Walters earned the win with a scoreless inning, improving to 3-4. Yuki Hashimoto took the loss and fell to 4-4. Hideaki Wakui allowed three earned runs on five hits over four innings, walking two and striking out six. Chunichi had 10 hits, while Yakult had eight. Attendance was 29,328, and the game took 3 hours, 44 minutes. Chunichi is 59-80-2, and Yakult is 59-76-2.