Tomoaki Kanemoto drove home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning with his second homer of the night Friday, giving the Central League front-running Hanshin Tigers a 5-4 "sayonara" victory over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters for their fourth win in a row.
Michihiro Ogasawara of the Fighters slides home safely as he just beats the tag of
Hanshin catcher Toshihiro Noguchi during the sixth inning of Friday's game at Koshien
Stadium.
Kanemoto drove the first pitch from Yukiya Yokoyama over the center-field wall at Koshien Stadium after Nippon Ham wasted a scoring opportunity with one out and a runner on third in the 10th.
Kanemoto also hit a two-run homer in the first.