Tatsuhiko Kinjo hit a three-run homer against his former club as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Yokohama BayStars 3-0 on a breezy night in Yokohama on Wednesday.

Lefty Toshiya Sugiuchi had settled down in a heated pitching duel against Guillermo Moscoso with neither man showing any signs of buckling, but it was Sugiuchi who won the battle of attrition when his counterpart tired in the seventh inning.

In the seventh, Hisayoshi Chono had a one-out infield single and after Moscoso fanned Shuichi Murata for his eighth strikeout, pinch hitter Frederich Cepeda drew a walk to set the stage for Kinjo.