Rookie Hayato Takagi pitched a two-hitter for his first career shutout, Yoshiyuki Kamei drove in a pair of runs and the Yomiuri Giants took the rubber against the rival Hanshin Tigers with a 3-0 victory on Sunday afternoon.

Takagi (2-0) outdueled 21-year-old Tigers right-hander Shintaro Fujinami, striking out seven and walking two in a 116-pitch outing at Tokyo Dome. Fujinami (1-1) yielded three earned runs on five hits over eight innings of the loss.

“It hasn’t sunk in but I think I was able to get the job done,” said 25-year-old right-hander Takagi.

The Giants opened the scoring when catcher Shinnosuke Abe, who had singled to lead off the second, later scored from third on a wild pitch. Kamei added a sac fly the same inning and hit a one-out solo homer in the seventh.

“I was able to pitch my game and Abe-san (who caught for the third day in a row) was able to bring the best out in me,” Takagi said.

BayStars 2, Swallows 1

At Yokohama Stadium, Aarom Baldiris hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning in support of Kazuki Mishima (1-1), who allowed one run while scattering five hits in 7⅔ innings in Yokohama’s come-from-behind victory over Tokyo Yakult.

Dragons 5, Carp 4 (12)

At Nagoya Dome, pinch hitter Michihiro Ogasawara hit a bases-loaded walk-off RBI single off Hiroshima’s Ryuji Ichioka (0-2) in the 12th inning as Chunichi moved into first place with its sixth straight win. The Carp fell to their sixth loss in a row.

PACIFIC LEAGUE

Fighters 7, Buffaloes 2

At Kyocera Dome, Sho Nakata hit a two-out grand slam to key a five-run fifth inning and Masaru Takeda (1-1) allowed two runs over five frames as Hokkaido Nippon Ham pounded Orix to win its fifth in a row.

Lions 4, Hawks 0

At Seibu Prince Dome, Taiwanese rookie Kuo Chun-lin (2-0) pitched eight scoreless innings while Shogo Akiyama and Takumi Kuriyama hit back-to-back first-inning homers off Kenichi Nakata (0-2) as Seibu blanked Fukuoka Softbank to end a two-game skid. Kuriyama went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Eagles 6, Marines 4

At QVC Marine Field, Kazuya Fujita hit a game-tying solo homer and Wily Mo Pena broke the balance with an RBI triple in the seventh inning when Tohoku Rakuten took the lead for good to edge Chiba Lotte.