Yuta Nakamura won his season debut, allowing one run over seven innings and also driving in a run to lead the Hiroshima Carp to a 3-2 victory over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Wednesday.

Pitching before 31,473 at Mazda Stadium, Nakamura struck out six, while giving up just two hits, a pair of walks and also hitting a batter. He also helped the Carp take advantage of Yakult starter David Huff's one bad inning with a hit of his own.

Huff (0-2) did not allow a runner until Yuki Mima drew a leadoff walk in the third. Tsubasa Aizawa followed with a single that left runners on the corners for Nakamura, who opened the scoring with a single to center. The Carp added another later in the frame on a sacrifice fly by Yoshihiro Maru.