Tyrone Woods homered for the second straight night and Kazuki Yoshimi pitched his third complete game of the season Friday as the Chunichi Dragons beat the Yokohama BayStars 7-2 for their sixth straight win and closed in on a playoff spot in the Central League.
Chunichi took a 2-1 lead on RBI hits by Norihiro Nakamura and Kazuhiro Wada before Woods' three-run shot in a four-run fifth provided the decisive blow at Yokohama Stadium.
With the win, the Dragons reduced their magic number to make the Climax Series to one.