Shogo Kimura hit a tiebreaking single and Ryuhei Matsuyama had a two-run homer to help make a winner of Kenta Maeda as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Yokohama BayStars 5-2 on Sunday afternoon.
It was the 20th victory of the year for the Central League-leading Carp.
Maeda (3-1) struggled with his location at times but yielded just two runs while scattering three hits over eight innings in front of a Golden Week holiday crowd of 31,800 at Mazda Stadium. He struck out four and walked two. Kam Mickolio, appearing for the first time in one week, worked the ninth for his ninth save.