Kazuyoshi Tatsunami hit a pair of RBI doubles to improve his average to a league-high .351 as the front-running Chunichi Dragons came from behind to edge the second-place Yomiuri Giants 4-3 on Monday night.
Hanshin's Norihiro Akahoshi jumps to grab a fly ball by the BayStars' Ryoji Aikawa during the seventh inning Monday at Yokohama Stadium. The Tigers won 5-1.
Tatsunami hit the team's first of three straight run-scoring doubles off Kimiyasu Kudo (7-4) in the fourth inning at Nagoya Dome, after Tuffy Rhodes homered off Kenshin Kawakami to give Yomiuri a 2-0 lead through the third.
Rhodes has now hit 30 homers for the fourth straight year.