Jose Osuna and Munetaka Murakami each homered for the second straight day to lift the Yakult Swallows to a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the DeNA BayStars on Friday in the Central League.
Osuna, who homered twice and drove in six runs the night before in Nagoya, tied it 3-3 in the sixth inning at Tokyo's historic Jingu Stadium. Murakami then led off Yakult's eighth to put the hosts in front against DeNA reliever Hiromu Ise (0-1).
Murakami, who had a Triple Crown season in 2022, did not hit his first home run of the season until last Sunday, against the BayStars in Yokohama. He went 3-for-4.
Among other games Friday, Koyo Aoyagi (1-1) pitched six innings in the defending CL champion Hanshin Tigers' 7-0 win over the Chunichi Dragons, while Hotaka Yamakawa homered and drove in five runs to lead the SoftBank Hawks past the defending Pacific League champion Orix Buffaloes 9-7.
