Yuki Yanagita and Nobuhiro Matsuda each homered for the second straight day as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks flexed their interleague muscle in a 4-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars on Thursday.
Before 33,632 at Yafuoku Dome, the Hawks, two-time defending Japan Series champs and five-time interleague winners, came from a run down in the first against Shoichi Ino (4-6).
Yanagita tied it with the third straight single of the inning, and Seiichi Uchikawa put the hosts in front with a sacrifice fly.