Sho Nakata homered twice and drove in four runs to back a solid pitching performance by Shosei Togo as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Chunichi Dragons 7-0 on Friday.
Kazuma Okamoto hit his Japanese baseball-leading 40th home run for the Giants, who opened the scoring on Nakata's second-inning sacrifice fly, at Vantelin Dome Nagoya.
Okamoto, Hayato Sakamoto and Nakata homered in a three-run fourth off Reia Nakachi (1-5) before Nakata added a two-run blast in the sixth.
Togo (11-5) held the Dragons to three hits, all singles, over eight innings, striking out nine and walking none. The right-hander retired the first 13 batters he faced.
In other action, the DeNA BayStars beat the Yakult Swallows 3-1.
