Takehiro Ishikawa used his bat to give the Yokohama BayStars the lead early and flashed a little glove to help protect it late.
Ishikawa drove in the BayStars' only runs of the game with a single in the second and made a diving catch in the ninth that helped Yokohama preserve a 2-1 victory over the Yomiuri Giants in front of a crowd of 44,873 on Tuesday night at Tokyo Dome.
"It's important to win one-run games," Ishikawa said. "Especially here at Tokyo Dome against the Giants."