Swallows bury Dragons under 20-run attack

Akinori Iwamura went 4-for-6 with a two-run single to highlight a nine-run outburst in the second inning as the Yakult Swallows lashed out 22 hits to crush the Chunichi Dragons 20-7 Monday night at Jingu Stadium.

Kintetsu slugger Norihiro Nakamura hits a solo homer against the Lions on Sunday at
Seibu Dome. The Buffaloes won 10-2.

The Swallows rapped out nine consecutive hits in the bottom of the second, capped by a three-run homer by Atsuya Furuta as Yakult sent 12 batters to the plate and turned the game around after the visitors took a 2-0 lead on two homers.

Masanori Ishikawa (2-2) pitched seven strong innings, giving up three runs and five hits in a 95-pitch outing and also had two hits, including a game-tying RBI single in the second. The game featured seven homers, five by Yakult batters.

Shigeki Noguchi (2-2) gave up eight runs on eight hits and lasted only 1 2/3 innings.

Giants 8, BayStars 4

At Yokohama Stadium, Roberto Petagine drove home the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and Shinnosuke Abe hit a two-run shot for his career-high 18th homer as Yomiuri rallied to beat the BayStars.

Tigers at Carp — ppd.

PACIFIC LEAGUE
Fighters 7, Hawks 4

At Fukuoka Dome, Fernando Seguignol hit a two-run homer off Lindsay Gulin in the sixth inning to turn the tide and Nippon Ham scored four more runs in the eighth after overcoming a one-run deficit against Daiei, which is winless in its last six games.

BlueWave 5, Marines 4 (10)

At Yahoo BB Stadium, Mitsutaka Goto hit a double to deep left-center off Shingo Ono with one out and runners on first and second in the 10th inning as Orix beat Lotte.

Buffaloes 10, Lions 2

At Seibu Dome, Koichi Isobe hit a pair of homers, including his third in two days, and Norihiro Nakamura contributed with a solo shot of his own as Kintetsu beat the Lions.