Koji Uehara (1-1) walked none and went the distance for his first win in four starts this season, fanning seven along the way in the Yomiuri Giants' 7-2 triumph over the Chunichi Dragons at Nagoya Dome. The opening-day pitcher held cleanup hitter Alex Ochoa hitless in four at-bats.
Offensively, Tomohiro Nioka went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and put Yomiuri on the board with a run-scoring double off Kenta Asakura (1-2) to ignite a three-run first inning before Yoshinobu Takahashi did his share and drove home two more runs in the only night game Sunday.
Tigers 9, BayStars 3
Osamu Hamanaka went 3-for-5 with five RBIs and homered twice, including a three-run drive to cap a four-run first inning at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, and the Hanshin Tigers came from behind to defeat the Yokohama BayStars 9-3 for their fourth win in a row.