Catcher Kenji Jojima drove in six runs yesterday as the streaking Daiei Hawks cruised to an 18-6 win over the Orix BlueWave.
Jojima hit a grand slam in the fifth inning, when the Hawks scored seven runs, and added a solo blast in the sixth at Yahoo BB Stadium as Daiei won their fourth straight.
Pedro Valdes also had a grand slam in the third inning to give the Hawks a 5-3 lead. Tadahito Iguchi and Julio Zuleta also homered for Daiei.
Daiei starter Kazumi Saito, who improved to 3-2 on the season, picked up the win despite giving up five runs on eight hits over six innings.
At Hakodate Stadium, Kazuhiro Wada connected for a grand slam in the top of the 10th inning to lift the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions to a 6-2 win over the Nippon Ham Fighters.
Seibu reliever Kiyoshi Toyoda picked up the win after giving up one run over the final two innings as the Lions kept a half-game lead over Daiei in the standings.
In Matsuyama, Former New York Mets players Matt Franco and Benny Agbayani both homered to power the Lotte Marines to a 4-1 win over the Kintetsu Buffaloes. Agbayani hit a solo homer in the top of the fourth and Franco added a three-run blast in the top of the sixth at Matsuyama Stadium.
Naoyuki Shimizu picked up the win after holding the Buffaloes to one run on five hits over eight innings.
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