The Yokohama BayStars turned the game around on its head with seven runs in the fifth inning as they beat the Yomiuri Giants 10-3 on Tuesday.

Yokohama erased a three-run deficit in the fourth and Yoshitomo Tsutsugo knocked out Toshiya Sugiuchi (6-5) in the fifth with a two-run home run.

"He did what he is asked of with that home run," manager Kiyoshi Nakahata said of Tsutsugo, who also had two other hits.