TOKYO (Interstat) — Shunya Shimada delivered a strong start and Yokohama’s offense awoke late as the visiting BayStars defeated the Yomiuri Giants 5-2 on Saturday evening at Tokyo Dome. Yokohama improved to 71-69-3, while Yomiuri dropped to 76-64-3. The game took 3 hours, 29 minutes and drew 42,455. Shimada allowed one earned run on five hits with one walk and three strikeouts over five innings. Haruto Inoue was sharp for Yomiuri, throwing six scoreless innings with one hit, one walk and six strikeouts. Yoshihiro Maru homered for the Giants, and Richard Sunagawa added an RBI single. Yokohama broke through with a four-run rally, highlighted by Keita Sano’s two-run single, then added insurance on Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh’s run-scoring double. The BayStars finished with eight hits and grounded into two double plays. Yomiuri had seven hits. Shuto Ogata earned the win in relief and is 6-5. Kenshin Hotta took the loss and fell to 1-2. Masumi Hamachi recorded the save, his first.