Louis Okoye drove in the go-ahead run with two out in the bottom of the sixth inning to spark the Yomiuri Giants to their fourth straight Central League win in a 9-4 comeback against the Hiroshima Carp on Friday.
Okoye's two-RBI single came on a 2-2 slider from Carp starter Aren Kuri (0-2), who was knocked out as the Giants rallied for seven runs in the inning.
Shota Dobayashi singled in two runs in the opening frame against Giants starter Shosei Togo at Tokyo Dome before Hayato Sakamoto put the home team on the board with his second-inning solo home run.
Hiroshima went up 4-1 on Ryosuke Kikuchi's third-inning RBI-single and Shogo Sakakura's fourth-inning solo blast before Kazuma Okamoto cut it to 4-2 with his third homer of the season in the bottom of the fourth.
Okoye, who found the gap with a grounder to center field, said confidence had remained high in the Yomiuri dugout despite falling behind early.
"It was a tough game but we still felt like we could win," said the 26-year-old center fielder, who finished 2-for-4 with the two RBIs and a run scored.
