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Takahiro Nomaguchi worked six scoreless innings and the Giants cruised in a 9-0 shutout of the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome.
The Giants moved a half-game ahead of Hanshin, where Yomiuri visits for a three-game series that starts tonight at Koshien Stadium.
Nomaguchi (1-0) and three relievers held the Carp scoreless as the Giants posted back-to-back shutout wins for the first time this season.
"Before the game, the manager just told me to go out and let loose out there," said Nomaguchi, who won for the first time as a starter since Oct. 4, 2005.
"I wanted to justify the skipper using me, and I went all out. I'm glad I could keep them off the scoreboard."
Michihiro Ogasawara, the 2006 Pacific League MVP who joined Yomiuri as a free agent, clubbed his 30th homer in the bottom of the first inning. The two-run shot gave him at least 30 homers for the third consecutive season.
Yoshinobu Takahashi had a pair of double and drove in four runs to power the Giants.
In other Central League games:
DRAGONS 7, TIGERS 0: Kenichi Nakata battled to post eight scoreless innings and Norihiro Nakamura helped break open a tight game with a three-run double in a five-run ninth inning as Chunichi took two of three from Hanshin with a win at Koshien Stadium.
The win moved the Dragons to within a half-game of the Tigers, second behind Yomiuri.
Nakata (13-7), who squirmed out of a bases-loaded jam with one out in a 2-0 game in the bottom of the eighth, added to his career-best win total. He scattered six hits and five walks, but fanned 11 to take over the league lead in strikeouts with 161.
BAYSTARS 8, SWALLOWS 4: Kazunari Tsuruoka broke a 2-2 tie with a clutch two-run single in the fourth inning, and Takahiro Saeki had two hits and two RBIs as Yokohama pounded Yakult at Yokohama Stadium.
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Pacific League
Marines 7,Buffaloes 5, 10 innings: Tomoya Satozaki smacked a two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning and then gathered in a throw from the outfield to tag out the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the frame as Lotte edged Orix at Osaka's Kyocera Dome.
Saburo Omura collected Mitsutaka Goto's two-out single and fired to Satozaki, who lunged and tagged out Daisuke Maeda to end the game.
Satozaki went 3-for-4 with a homer, a double and three RBIs, and Julio Zuleta also homered for third-place Lotte.
Hawks 4, Fighters 3: Nobuhiro Matsuda tied the score with an RBI double and Shotaro Ide put SoftBank on top to stay with a run-scoring single in a comeback win over first-place Nippon Ham at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome.
LIONS 4, EAGLes 2: Hiroyuki Nakajima had two hits and three RBIs and Takeya Nakamura had a run-scoring single to help Seibu come back to beat Rakuten at Goodwill Dome.
[Full Article: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20070917TDY20004.htm]