Masahiro Nakatani, Kosuke Fukudome and Takashi Toritani all hit solo homers to pace the Hanshin Tigers to a 4-1 victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Friday.

Hanshin starter Randy Messenger (5-0), held the BayStars to one run on nine hits and a walk and struck out nine over seven innings in his 109-pitch outing.

Messenger leads the Central League in victories.