Masahiro Yamamoto turned in a vintage performance on the mound to lead the Chunichi Dragons past the Yokohama BayStars 1-0 on Monday at Nagoya Dome.There it goes: The Eagles' Luis Garcia hits a solo homer in the seventh inning on Monday. KYODOThe 46-year-old Yamamoto (2-0) allowed two hits, struck out five and walked none over seven shutout innings against the last-place BayStars.Setup man Takuya Asao worked the eighth and closer Hitoki Iwase nailed down his 11th save of the season in the ninth.Takehiro Donoue provided the offense with a pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh.Swallows 7, Carp 1At Hiroshima's Mazda Stadium, Tokyo Yakult posted back-to-back three-run frames in the sixth and seventh innings to help make a winner out of starter Shohei Tateyama (3-0).Swallows infielder Shinya Miyamoto finished with a pair of hits, bringing his career total to 1,996, and drove in two runs.Tigers 0, Giants 0 (11)Hanshin reliever Daiki Enokida allowed Yomiuri to load the bases to begin the ninth then got out of the jam with three straight outs.PACIFIC LEAGUEEagles 2, Fighters 1At Sendai's Kleenex Stadium, Luis Garcia led off the bottom of the seventh with a solo homer and an error at third by Hokkaido Nippon Ham's Eiichi Koyano allowed Tohoku Rakuten to score the go-ahead run.Takahiro Shiomi (3-2) tossed seven innings of one-run ball to pick up the win and Darrell Rasner worked the ninth for his sixth save of the season.Marines 4, Hawks 3At Chiba's QVC Marine Field, Shoitsu Omatsu sparked a three-run inning with his two-run single in the fourth to spoil the debut of Hawks pitcher Kodai Senga.Marines rookie Takahiro Fujioka gave up three runs and struck out three to improve to 3-1 on the season.Buffaloes 5, Lions 4At Osaka's Kyocera Dome, Aarom Baldiris hit a sayonara homer to give the Buffaloes a victory over the Lions.Seibu stormed out to a 4-0 advantage before Orix got back in the game with a three-run sixth then evened the score on Lee Dae Ho's solo shot in the seventh.
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