Makoto Imaoka hit a grand slam in the eight inning to rally the front-running Hanshin Tigers to a 6-2 victory over the Yokahama BayStars to end their four-game skid in the Central League on Thursday.
Makoto Imaoka of the Tigers belts a grand slam in the eighth inning of Thursday's game against
the BayStars at Yokohama Stadium. Hanshin won 6-2.
Yokohama took a 2-1 lead through the fifth before Norihiro Akahoshi sparked the charge with a single to left to set up Imaoka's dramatic one-out homer to the stands in left field at Yokohama Stadium.
Akihiro Yano, who homered to cut the deficit to 2-1 in the fifth, added insurance with a RBI single to right to cap the scoring in the same explosive frame.