Hasegawa, Carp snap Tigers' winning streak
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Kenta Kurihara went 2-for-3 with a homer and four RBIs, and Masayuki Hasegawa (2-4) and three relievers combined to blank Hanshin on five hits as Hiroshima doused the flaming-hot Tigers 9-0.
Kurihara took loser Atsushi Nomi (4-4) deep to center with two on in the first, and added an RBI single in a five-run fifth that chased the Hanshin lefty.
Hasegawa limited the Tigers to three singles over six innings, walking four and fanning seven.
In other Central League games:
GIANTS 6, SWALLOWS 5: A 46-minute rain delay in the bottom of the ninth gave closer Koji Uehara time to regroup, and he did as Yomiuri held off hard-charging Yakult at Jingu Stadium.
Ryohei Kawamoto clubbed a three-run homer off Uehara, who then allowed three more hits. But he struck out the last two batters to preserve the win for his 28th save.
The Giants took the lead early, thanks to a wild Kazuhisa Ishii (7-9), who walked one and plunked two in Yomiuri's three-run first.
BAYSTARS 2, DRAGONS 1: Naoki Mitsuhashi (2-1) allowed just one hit--to pitcher Daisuke Yamai (3-3)--over a career-long seven innings as fourth-place Yokohama knocked off Chunichi at Nagoya Dome.
Tatsuhiko Kinjo drove in the game's first run with a bases-loaded single to right, and Shuichi Murata followed with a sacrifice fly that provided the winning margin.
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Pacific League
BUFFALOES 4, EAGLES 1: Tuffy Rhodes hit his 41st homer to tie for for the Japan lead, and Chihiro Kaneko (4-2) worked six-plus strong innings to lead Orix past Rakuten at Fullcast Stadium Miyagi.
Rhodes took loser Domingo Guzman (2-3) deep for a solo blast in the second, and Greg LaRocca added a two-run shot in the sixth.
HAWKS 8, LIONS 1: Kazumi Saito (5-3) held Seibu to a run on one hit--Jeff Liefer's solo homer in the sixth--and Hitoshi Tamura homered and had three RBIs as Fukuoka SoftBank cruised at Goodwill Stadium.
FIGHTERS 4, MARINES 3: Fernando Seguignol cracked a three-run homer off closer Masahide Kobayashi (2-6) in the top of the ninth inning as front-running Nippon Ham came from three runs down to beat Lotte at Chiba Maranie Stadium.
[Full Article: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20070912TDY24005.htm]