Two mistakes were about to cost the Yomiuri Giants a win, until one key hit sent the Kyojin, and one of the biggest crowds of the season, home happy.

Hayato Sakamoto drove in two runs with a two-out, sayonara double and the Giants escaped with a 3-2 victory over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in front of a crowd of 46,810 on Friday night at Tokyo Dome.

"I just wanted to not make an out and to keep the game going," Sakamoto said. "We did not play well defensively and I made an error, so I wanted to make up for it."