Shuichi Murata hit a two-out, walk-off single in the ninth inning as the Yomiuri Giants snapped their five-game skid with a 3-2 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Wednesday in interleague action.
Yomiuri led in the third through a two-run shot from Itaru Hashimoto, who was playing in his third game of the season. Hashimoto, who went 2-for-3 with a sacrifice, led off the ninth with a single off Rakuten reliever Koji Aoyama (0-4), who was in his second inning of work.
Pinch runner Takahiro Suzuki was sacrificed to second by the Giants' No. 3 hitter, Hayato Sakamoto. The Eagles pitched around Shinnosuke Abe with two outs, but Murata, who had been 0-for-3 in the game, singled to left with the speedy Suzuki just beating the throw home.