JAPAN – Seth Greisinger pitched eight solid innings and batterymate Kazunari Tsuruoka went 3-for-4 with two RBIs as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Orix Buffaloes 5-1 Wednesday for their fifth straight victory.

Seibu Lions 4, Hanshin Tigers 3
Pinch-hitter Yutaro Osaki drew a bases-loaded walk with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Seibu a walk-off victory over Hanshin.

Hiroshima Carp 2, Lotte Marines 0
Colby Lewis (4-2) struck out 10 in six shutout innings and Go Kida drove in two runs in the opening frame to lead Hiroshima past Lotte for its third win in a row.

Nippon Ham Fighters 5, Yokohama BayStars 3
Kensuke Tanaka dilled a game-winning two-run triple in the seventh inning as Nippon Ham beat Yokohama at Maruyama Stadium in Sapporo.

Chunichi Dragons 15, Rakuten Eagles 1
Tony Blanco had three hits – including two home runs – and tallied four RBIs to help Chunichi deal Rakuten their sixth straight setback.

Softbank Hawks 4, Yakult Swallows 2
Yuichi Honda tagged Yoshinori Sato (2-4) for a game-winning two-run double in the sixth inning to help Softbank dispose of Yakult at Yahoo Dome.

PITCHING LEADERS
0.92 – Kan Ohtake, Hiroshima
1.09 – Yu Darvish, Nippon Ham
1.23 – Masahiro Tanaka, Rakuten
1.43 – Kazuki Yoshimi, Chunichi
1.53 – Weiyin Chen, Chunichi
1.53 – Shouhei Tateyama, Yakult

HITTING LEADERS
.381 – Daisuke Kusano, Rakuten
.356 – Makoto Kaneko, Nippon Ham
.349 – Naoyuki Omura, Orix
.347 – Hayato Sakamoto, Yomiuri
.346 – Yuya Hasegawa, Softbank

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