Daisuke Nakai hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the fourth inning, Shuichi Murata homered for insurance in the fifth, and the Yomiuri Giants beat the Seibu Lions 7-3 in an interleague game on Monday night.
Toshiya Sugiuchi limited the damage to three runs — two earned — in six innings of work in a match-up against fellow lefty Yusei Kikuchi as the Giants snapped their losing streak at a season-worst five games.
Takayuki Terauchi redeemed himself in the fourth after two earlier goof-ups, the second baseman hitting a tying RBI single and making a heads-up slide to beat the tag at home on Nakai's single in the fourth at Seibu Dome.