Masaaki Koike and Tatsuhiko Kinjo drove in three runs apiece and Daisuke Miura pitched eight sharp innings Wednesday as the Yokohama BayStars handed the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers to their fourth straight loss with a 6-3 victory.
Koike hit a two-run homer off Shinobu Fukuhara (5-12) in the first inning and added an RBI sacrifice fly in the third before Kinjo padded the lead with a bases-clearing double in the seventh at Yokohama Stadium.
Miura (5-7) limited the Tigers to one run and eight hits while striking out six and walking two. Fukuhara allowed three runs and five hits in six innings in taking the loss as the Tigers slumped to their longest losing streak in three months.
Yokohama returned to .500 with its second consecutive victory.