Former Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Brent Leach picked up his first win in Japan as the Yokohama BayStars halted the Yomiuri Giants' winning streak at seven games with a 5-2 victory on Thursday.
Leach (1-2) allowed two runs, one earned, and seven hits in eight innings, striking out nine and walking one in a 107-pitch outing at Yokohama Stadium.
The last-place BayStars jumped out to a 3-0 lead on an RBI single by Shuichi Murata in the first and a two-run triple from Tatsuya Shimozono in the second, both off Carlos Torres (1-2).