Leadoff hitter Tsuyoshi Nishioka went 5-for-6 and drove in three runs Saturday as the Chiba Lotte Marines defeated the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 12-4 to hand the struggling expansion team their seventh straight loss.
Hiroshima's Greg LaRocca smacks a two-run homer off Yakult Swallows starter Ryo Kawashima on Saturday at Matsuyama Stadium. The Carp won 4-0.
Nishioka had two singles in the second inning at Fullcast Stadium when the Marines scored seven runs to knock Rakuten ace Hisashi Iwakuma out of the game.