Wladimir Balentien continued to swing a red-hot bat, homering three times and driving in five runs to key the Tokyo Yakult Swallows' 12-3 victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Monday.

The Swallows scored a season-high 12 runs, and have now won six in a row. Yokohama has lost six of seven.

The Central League's home run king two years running, Balentien, who has gone yard in three straight games, went deep in each of the first two innings and again in the eighth.