Joe Wieland threw his first shutout in Japan and scored the opening run in the Yokohama BayStars' 7-0 win over the Hanshin Tigers on Monday.

Wieland (9-2), batting eighth as Yokohama's pitchers have for most of the season, had the first of three one-out, third-inning singles off lefty Minoru Iwata (2-2) as the BayStars opened the scoring.

The win, before 38,112 at Koshien Stadium, pulled the third-place BayStars to within 3½ games of the second-place Tigers in the Central League standings. Each team has seven games remaining.