Hitoshi Tamura drove in the winning run to break a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the 12th inning, giving the BayStars a 4-3 victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Tuesday at Yokohama Stadium.
Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi of the Hanshin Tigers delivers a pitch against the Hiroshima Carp en route to his first win of the young season Tuesday. The Tigers won 9-2.
The slumping Giants had an 0-4 start for the first time in 47 years and are the only team that haven't won a game this season in Japanese pro baseball.
Trailing the Giants 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Hitoshi Taneda blasted a game-tying two-run homer to send the game into extra innings.