Kosuke Tanaka went deep twice and Yuya Fukui threw seven shutout innings as the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp defeated the Yomiuri Giants 4-0 on Thursday.

Tanaka homered twice off Yomiuri ace Tomoyuki Sugano (6-5), first with two outs in the third over the right-field wall and then in the sixth with one out for his 11th round-tripper of the season.

In his first game since May 8, Fukui (2-2) held Yomiuri to five hits and two walks while fanning eight in a 106-pitch outing as Hiroshima stretched its lead at the top to 10 games before 32,756 at Kyocera Dome.