Kris Johnson hurled seven shutout innings to win his 12th game, tying him for the most in NPB, and Takahiro Arai had three RBIs as the Central-League leading Hiroshima Carp beat the Hanshin Tigers 5-0 on Tuesday.
Johnson (12-6) allowed runners in just two of his innings as he won his third straight start. He allowed two hits and a walk, while striking out seven. Johnson joins teammate Yusuke Nomura with 12 wins alongside Pacific Leaguers Ayumu Ishikawa of the Chiba Lotte Marines and Tsuyoshi Wada of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Arai went deep off Hanshin ace Atsushi Nomi's first pitch in the second, hit a sacrifice fly in the third and singled in another in the fifth at Kyocera Dome.