TOKYO (Interstat) — Visiting Hiroshima Carp defeated host Yakult Swallows 7-4 on Sunday evening at Meiji Jingu Stadium. The Carp scored two runs in the fourth, two in the seventh and three in the eighth. The Swallows scored one in the second and three in the third. Hiroshima finished with eight hits, while Yakult had six. Tai Sasaki went 4-for-4 with two RBIs for Hiroshima. Ayuto Matsushita had a home run and three RBIs for Yakult. Daichi Ohsera earned the win in relief, improving to 3-2. Nash Walters took the loss and fell to 3-5. Daisuke Moriura recorded his 27th save after pitching a scoreless inning with two strikeouts. Kojiro Yoshimura worked three scoreless innings for Yakult, and Keiji Takahashi added two scoreless innings. Kenya Suzuki pitched two scoreless innings for Hiroshima, while Taichi Taka struck out two in a scoreless inning. Hiroshima improved to 61-77-4. Yakult dropped to 60-80-2. The announced attendance was 29,207. The game took 2 hours, 58 minutes.