The Yomiuri Giants scored three runs in the ninth inning as they walked off with a 3-2 win over the Hiroshima Carp in the Central League Tuesday.
Two singles and a walk off Hiroshima starter Atsushi Endo (2-3) loaded the bases with no out at Utsunomiya Kiyohara Stadium. Gregory Polanco singled in a run off lefty reliever Nik Turley before Hiroyuki Nakajima also singled to left to plate the decisive two runs.
"It feels great to be a hero before the fans at a ground where we don't normally get to play," Nakajima said after the game was held away from their home stadium, Tokyo Dome, and instead in Tochigi pefecture, north of the capital.