Makoto Imaoka hit a go-ahead RBI double in Hanshin's three-run seventh and added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth as the CL-leading Tigers downed the Yomiuri Giants 6-3 at Koshien Stadium on Sunday.
Tied 2-2 in the seventh with one out, Imaoka nailed a double to left field to bring home the go-ahead run from third.
After two outs with the bases loaded, pinch-hitter Hiroshi Yagi connected for an RBI single. Yomiuri right fielder Yoshinobu Takahashi misfielded the ball during which another Tiger scored to give Hanshin a 5-2 lead.