Chunichi starter Ryosuke Oguma threw 5-2/3 strong innings and opened the scoring to pace the Dragons to a 5-3 victory over the Hiroshima Carp on Saturday.

Oguma (5-2) scattered four hits and allowed one run on the mound at Mazda Stadium and drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single to left field in his at-bat in the fourth inning.

Capitalizing on an error by Carp center fielder Yoshihiro Maru in the fifth, Nobumasa Fukuda got an RBI hit, Naomichi Donoue was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Shota Sugiyama followed with a sacrifice fly to give the Dragons a 5-1 lead.