Takashi Toritani hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Hanshin Tigers past the Hiroshima Carp in a 4-3 victory on Sunday afternoon.

After pinch hitter Ryota Arai drew a leadoff walk, the Tigers’ captain, who had been hitless in three earlier at-bats including grounding into a double play, belted a shot off reliever Shota Nakazaki (0-2) over the right-field wall to overturn a 3-2 deficit.

With the victory, Hanshin snapped a six-game losing skid. Hiroshima was denied its fourth straight win.

Shintaro Fujinami gave up three runs — two earned— and nine hits in seven innings in front of a crowd of 46,057 at Koshien Stadium.

Ryoma Matsuda (3-0) went a scoreless eighth for the win and Oh Seung-hwan picked up his fourth save in the ninth.

Giants 6, Swallows 1

At Tokyo Dome, Tokyo Yakult blew a one-run lead by issuing three consecutive bases-loaded walks in the seventh inning as Yomiuri rallied to take the rubber of the three-game series.

Rookie Hayato Takagi (3-0) pitched one-run ball over seven sharp innings for the win.

Dragons 3, BayStars 2 (12)

At Nagoya Dome, Hector Luna went 3-for-6 and drove in the game-winning run with a 12th-inning RBI single as Chunichi downed Yokohama.

The BayStars’ Jose Lopez hit his CL-leading sixth homer.

PACIFIC LEAGUE

Fighters 1, Hawks 0

At Fujisakidai Stadium, Shohei Otani (3-0) yielded two singles over seven scoreless innings and struck out nine, Takuya Nakashima delivered an RBI single with two outs in the seventh, and Hokkaido Nippon Ham blanked Fukuoka Softbank.

Jason Standridge (2-1) took the loss.

Marines 9, Lions 5

At Seibu Prince Dome, Katsuya Kakunaka and Toshiaki Imae both went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs between them in Lotte’s rout of Seibu. Lotte catcher Yuta Yoshida had three RBIs, including a two-run-single in the fifth, as part of a 14-hit onslaught.

Eagles 4, Buffaloes 3

At Sendai’s Kobo Stadium, Ginji Akaminai drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth inning and lifted Tohoku Rakuten to a walk-off win with an RBI single off Tatsuya Sato (1-2) with two outs in the ninth.

The Eagles, who returned to .500, are undefeated in six straight.