Hiroki Kokubo hit his first homer of the season with a grand slam to help the Yomiuri Giants come from behind for a 6-4 victory over the Chunichi Dragons in the Central League on Friday.
Tigers shortstop Takashi Toritani leaps over Hitoshi Taneda of the Yokohama BayStars while relaying to first to complete a double play during the seventh inning of Friday's game at Koshien Stadium. The teams drew 2-2 in 12 innings.
Kokubo, who sat out Thursday's game due to a thumb injury, drove a full-count pitch from Kenshin Kawakami into the left-field stands at Tokyo Dome after Kazuhiro Kiyohara was hit in the back by a pitch to load the bases with none out in the third inning.