Rookie Ko Shimozuru hit a game-tying, two-run, pinch-hit homer, and Seiya Suzuki drove in the winning run with a home run for the third straight day as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Orix Buffaloes 5-4 on Sunday in interleague.
The win was the sixth straight for the Central League-leading Carp, who wrapped up interleague play with an 11-6 record.
The 21-year-old Suzuki, Hiroshima's second draft pick out of high school in 2012, ended the first two games of the series at Mazda Stadium with walk-off homers, but this time he got his chance in the eighth. Leading off against Orix lefty Sachiya Yamasaki (1-1), Suzuki launched a 1-2 pitch over the second deck in left for his 10th homer of the year.